Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]? 1 Many a face will be disgraced on that day. 2 Laboring, toiling, 3 roasting at a scorching Fire 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 They will have no food except bitter thorn, 6 that will neither nourish nor satisfy their hunger. 7 (Whereas other) faces on that Day will be joyful, 8 With their endeavour well pleased. 9 In an elevated garden, 10 Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity: 11 Within it is a flowing spring. 12 [and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high, 13 And goblets set at hand 14 And cushions lined up 15 And carpets spread out. 16 Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?- 17 how heaven was lifted up, 18 and on the mountains, how they are firmly set up, 19 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse? 20 Therefore advise; indeed you are a proclaimer of advice. (The Holy Prophet is a Remembrance from Allah.) 21 You are not a watcher over them; 22 Other than him who turns his back and denies, 23 Allah will chastise him with the most terrible chastisement. 24 Certainly, it is to Us that they will return. 25 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account. 26