Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Hath there come unto thee the story of the Enveloping Event? 1 Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear, 2 toiling [under burdens of sin,] worn out [by fear,] 3 They will enter in the hot blazing Fire, 4 Given water from the boiling spring to drink. 5 No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns, 6 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger. 7 Many a face will be in serenity on that day. 8 With their effort [they are] satisfied 9 In the high empyrean, 10 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech. 11 Countless springs will flow therein, 12 and couches raised high, 13 Goblets placed (ready), 14 cushions ranged, 15 And carpets spread out. 16 Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created? 17 And at the sky - how it is raised? 18 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed, 19 And the earth: how it was spread out? 20 So remind them (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)), you are only a one who reminds. 21 Thou art not over them a warden. 22 Other than him who turns his back and denies, 23 God shall chastise him with the greatest chastisement. 24 Lo! unto Us is their return 25 Then verily on Us is their reckoning. 26