Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? 1 Some faces will on that Day be downcast, 2 Laboring, toiling, 3 They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire. 4 and will be made to drink from a boiling spring, 5 They will have no food other than bitter and thorny fruit 6 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger. 7 (Other) faces that Day will be joyful, 8 Pleased with their striving,- 9 In a high Garden. 10 Never hearing idle talk. 11 Wherein is a gushing spring, 12 Therein shall be couches elevated! 13 And cups set at hand. 14 Cushions arranged, 15 and well spread carpets. 16 Have they not looked at how the camel is created, 17 how heaven was lifted up, 18 And the mountains, how they were fixed; 19 And at the earth, how it is spread out? 20 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer, 21 You are not a dictator over them. 22 Except whoever turns away and disbelieves – 23 will be punished by God with the greatest punishment. 24 Surely to Us is their return; 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26