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 laboring, wornout, 3 They shall roast into the scalding Fire, 4 The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring, 5 No food will there be for them but a poisonous thorny plant, 6 Which shall neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy, 8 With their endeavour well pleased. 9 In a high Garden. 10 In which they will not hear any lewd speech. 11 Therein is a fountain flowing, 12 and raised couches, 13 and goblets set at hand, 14 and cushions arrayed 15 and carpets spread out. 16 Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created, 17 And the sky: how it was raised high? 18 And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared? 19 And the earth: how it was spread out? 20 Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder. 21 You do not have full control over them. 22 But whoever turns back 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