Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? 1 Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 They shall roast into the scalding Fire, 4 and will be made to drink from a boiling spring, 5 They shall have no food but of thorns, 6 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. 7 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. 8 with their striving well-pleased, 9 They shall be in a Garden lofty: 10 Never hearing idle talk. 11 Therein will be a running spring, 12 Therein shall be couches elevated! 13 Goblets placed (ready), 14 And arranged carpets. 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 So do they not see the camel – how it has been created? 17 And the heaven, how it is raised? 18 and how the mountains were firmly fixed? 19 And at the earth, how it is outspread? 20 So, [O Prophet] exhort them: your task is only to exhort, 21 You do not have full control over them. 22 However, those who turn away and disbelieve, 23 Him Allah shall torment with the greatest torment. 24 Indeed, to Us they shall return, 25 and then it is for Us to call them to account. 26