Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
HAS NEWS OF the Overpowering Event reached you? 1 On that Day faces shall be humbled, 2 toiling [under burdens of sin,] worn out [by fear,] 3 roasting at a scorching Fire 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 They shall have no food but of thorns, 6 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. 7 However, on that day the faces of other people will be happy. 8 Rejoicing over their efforts. 9 They will live in an exalted garden 10 Never hearing idle talk. 11 There is a stream of running water in it; 12 Within it are couches raised high 13 and goblets placed ready, 14 and cushions arrayed in rows, 15 and carpets spread out. 16 Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created? 17 And the heaven, how it is raised? 18 and how the mountains were firmly fixed? 19 how the earth was outstretched? 20 Remind them; you are surely a reminder. 21 thou art not charged to oversee them. 22 But he who turns his back, and disbelieves, 23 God will punish them with the greatest torment. 24 Surely to Us is their return; 25 Then verily, for Us will be their reckoning. 26