Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? 1 Some faces will on that Day be downcast, 2 be toiling and worn-out; 3 roasting at a scorching fire, 4 given to drink from a boiling spring. 5 No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit 6 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. 7 On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy, 8 Glad for their effort past, 9 They will be in a lofty Garden 10 In which they will not hear any lewd speech. 11 therein a running fountain, 12 [and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high, 13 And chosen goblets. 14 And cushions set in a row, 15 and rich carpets levelled out. 16 Have they not looked at how the camel is created, 17 how the heavens are raised up high, 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm? 19 And the earth: how it was spread out? 20 Then remind them! Thou art only a reminder; 21 Thou art not at all a warder over them. 22 But whosoever will turn back and disbelieve 23 Allah will punish them with the greatest punishment. 24 For to Us will be their return; 25 Then verily, for Us will be their reckoning. 26