Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Have you heard the story of the overwhelming event (the Day of Judgment)? 1 On that Day faces shall be humbled, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 they shall burn in a Scorching Fire; 4 They will be given to drink from a boiling spring, 5 No food shall be theirs save bitter thorn, 6 Neither nourishing nor banishing hunger. 7 Many a face will be in serenity on that day. 8 with their striving well-pleased, 9 in a sublime garden, 10 wherein they shall hear no vain talk. 11 There is a stream of running water in it; 12 Therein shall be couches elevated! 13 And cups put in place 14 And cushions ranged! 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 Will they not regard the camels, how they are created? 17 And the sky: how it was raised high? 18 how the mountains are set firm, 19 And the earth, how it is spread? 20 And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort: 21 You are not a dictator over them. 22 But whoever will turn away (from the Truth), 23 God will punish them with the greatest torment. 24 Lo! unto Us is their return 25 In Our hands are their accounts. 26