Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity? 1 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated, 2 Labouring (hard in the worldly life by worshipping others besides Allah), weary (in the Hereafter with humility and disgrace). 3 They shall roast into the scalding Fire, 4 Drinking from a boiling spring, 5 No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns, 6 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. 7 In that day other faces will be calm, 8 well pleased with the result of their striving, 9 in a garden sublime, 10 Where they hear no idle speech, 11 In it there shall be a flowing spring, 12 and couches raised high, 13 and prepared goblets, 14 Cushions arranged, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 What, do they not reflect upon how the camel was created? 17 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft, 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted? 19 and on the earth, how it is spread out? 20 And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort: 21 You do not have full control over them. 22 However, he who turns away and disbelieves - 23 So Allah will mete out to him the greatest punishment. 24 To Us is surely their returning; 25 Then, surely, it is for Us to call them to account. 26