Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Certainly the news of the calamity that will overwhelm has come to you! 1 (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast, 2 Laboring, toiling, 3 they shall burn in a Scorching Fire; 4 Given water from the boiling spring to drink. 5 No food shall be theirs save bitter thorn, 6 which neither sustains, nor satisfy hunger. 7 [And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss, 8 Rejoicing over their efforts. 9 In a lofty Paradise. 10 where they will hear no idle talk, 11 In it is a flowing spring. 12 Wherein are couches raised 13 and goblets laid out, 14 Cushions arranged, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 Do they not then ponder how the clouds were formed; 17 And the sky: how it was raised high? 18 And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared? 19 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse? 20 Then remind them! Thou art only a reminder; 21 You are not a dictator over them. 22 However, those who turn away and disbelieve, 23 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment, 24 Indeed, to Us is their return. 25 And Ours their reckoning. 26