Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
Have you heard the story of the overwhelming event (the Day of Judgment)? 1 On that Day, there shall be downcast faces, 2 Labouring (hard), weary,- 3 They shall roast into the scalding Fire, 4 given to drink from a boiling spring. 5 They shall have no food except bitter dry thorns 6 Neither nourishing nor banishing hunger. 7 Faces on that day jocund, 8 Pleased with their striving,- 9 They will live in an exalted garden 10 Never hearing idle talk. 11 A gushing fountain shall be there 12 and couches raised high, 13 And goblets set at hand 14 and cushions arrayed 15 And carpets spread out. 16 What, do they not consider how the camel was created, 17 And at the heaven, how it is raised? 18 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed, 19 And at the earth, how it is spread out? 20 So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder. 21 and are not invested with the authority to compel them. 22 But if any turn away and reject Allah,- 23 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment. 24 Lo! unto Us is their return 25 Then indeed, upon Us is their account. 26