Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? 1 Some faces will on that Day be downcast, 2 be toiling and worn-out; 3 they shall enter a burning Fire 4 and will be made to drink from a fiercely boiling spring. 5 They will have no food except bitter thorn, 6 which will neither fatten them nor satisfy them. 7 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. 8 With their endeavour well pleased. 9 In a high Garden 10 Never hearing idle talk. 11 A gushing fountain shall be there 12 raised couches, 13 And drinking-cups ready placed, 14 And cushions set in rows, 15 and carpets outspread. 16 What, do they not reflect upon how the camel was created? 17 And the sky: how it was raised high? 18 and how the mountains were firmly fixed? 19 And the earth, how it is spread? 20 (Muhammad), preach; you are only a preacher. 21 You do not have full control over them. 22 However, he who turns away and disbelieves - 23 God will punish them with the greatest torment. 24 To Us they will all return. 25 Then indeed, upon Us is their account. 26