Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? 1 On that day the faces of some people will be humbly cast down, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 they shall burn in a Scorching Fire; 4 their drink shall be from a boiling spring. 5 no food for them but cactus thorn 6 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. 7 Faces on that day jocund, 8 with their striving well-pleased, 9 In a Garden on high, 10 where they will hear no idle talk, 11 therein a running fountain, 12 and couches raised high, 13 And drinking-cups ready placed, 14 well-placed cushions, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 What, do they not consider how the camel was created, 17 And at the Sky, how it is raised high?- 18 and on the mountains, how they are firmly set up, 19 And at the earth, how it is spread out? 20 Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish. 21 You are not a watcher over them; 22 But whoever turns back and denies the truth, 23 Him Allah shall torment with the greatest torment. 24 Certainly, it is to Us that they will return. 25 Then, surely, it is for Us to call them to account. 26