Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
HAS NEWS OF the Overpowering Event reached you? 1 (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast, 2 Labouring, striving hard. 3 roasting at a scorching Fire 4 given to drink from a boiling spring. 5 They shall have no food but of thorns, 6 unfattening, unappeasing hunger. 7 (Other) faces that Day will be joyful, 8 and pleased with the result of their deeds in the past. 9 In the high empyrean, 10 wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk. 11 A gushing fountain shall be there 12 raised couches, 13 And chosen goblets. 14 And cushions ranged! 15 And carpets spread around. 16 So do they not see the camel – how it has been created? 17 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft, 18 And the mountains – how they have been established? 19 And the earth, how it is spread? 20 Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish. 21 You are not a dictator over them. 22 Except whoever turns away and disbelieves – 23 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment. 24 To Us is surely their returning; 25 Then indeed, upon Us is their account. 26