Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? 1 Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear, 2 Toiling, weary, 3 Burning in the scorching fire, 4 and will be made to drink from a boiling spring, 5 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant 6 Which neither give strength nor satisfy the hunger. 7 (Other) faces, that Day, will be joyful, 8 Glad with their endeavour (for their good deeds which they did in this world, along with the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism). 9 In a lofty Paradise. 10 wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk. 11 Countless springs will flow therein, 12 and raised couches, 13 and goblets laid out, 14 and cushions arrayed in rows, 15 And silken carpets spread. 16 Do they not then ponder how the clouds were formed; 17 And at the Sky, how it is raised high?- 18 and on the mountains, how they are firmly set up, 19 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse? 20 Therefore remind, you are only a Reminder. 21 thou art not charged to oversee them. 22 But whoever turns back and denies the truth, 23 God shall chastise him with the greatest chastisement. 24 for behold, unto Us will be their return, 25 Then it will be for Us to call them to account. 26