Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity? 1 (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast, 2 toiling [under burdens of sin,] worn out [by fear,] 3 Scorched by burning fire, 4 Drinking from a boiling spring, 5 They shall have no food except bitter dry thorns 6 Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 Many faces will be joyous on that day, 8 With their endeavour well pleased. 9 They will live in an exalted garden 10 wherein they shall hear no vain talk. 11 In it there shall be a flowing spring, 12 raised couches, 13 Goblets placed (ready), 14 And cushions set in rows, 15 and carpets spread out. 16 What, do they not consider how the camel was created, 17 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft, 18 And the mountains – how they have been established? 19 and how the earth is spread out? 20 So render good counsel, for you are simply required to counsel, 21 You are not over them a controller. 22 However, those who turn away and disbelieve, 23 Him Allah shall torment with the greatest torment. 24 Surely to Us is their turning back, 25 And Ours their reckoning. 26