Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity? 1 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated (in the Hell-fire, i.e. the faces of all disbelievers, Jews and Christians, etc.). 2 troubled and tired as a result of their deeds in the past. 3 roasting at a scorching fire, 4 Made to drink from a boiling spring. 5 no food for them but cactus thorn 6 Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 [And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss, 8 well-pleased with their striving. 9 in a garden sublime, 10 where they will hear no idle talk, 11 Therein is a fountain flowing, 12 In which are high thrones. 13 and goblets laid out, 14 cushions ranged, 15 and well spread carpets. 16 What, do they not reflect upon how the camel was created? 17 And the heaven, how it is raised? 18 And the mountains – how they have been established? 19 And at the earth, how it is spread out? 20 Admonish thou then; thou art but an admonisher. 21 You are not over them a controller. 22 Save the one who turns away and disbelieves 23 In which case he will be punished by God with the severest punishment. 24 Indeed, to Us they shall return, 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26