Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Has the news of the overwhelming event reached you? 1 On that day (many) faces will be downcast, 2 Working [hard] and exhausted. 3 They will suffer the heat of the blazing fire 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit 6 which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. 7 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy, 8 Rejoicing over their efforts. 9 They shall be in a Garden lofty: 10 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk. 11 Within it is a flowing spring. 12 and couches raised high, 13 And cups set at hand. 14 And cushions set in a row, 15 and well spread carpets. 16 DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created? 17 And the heaven – how it has been raised? 18 And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared? 19 And at the earth - how it is spread out? 20 Remind them; you are surely a reminder. 21 and are not invested with the authority to compel them. 22 But whosoever will turn back and disbelieve 23 him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come]: 24 Truly, to Us is their return; 25 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account. 26