Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? 1 On that Day faces shall be humbled, 2 be toiling and worn-out; 3 They shall roast into the scalding Fire, 4 given to drink from a boiling spring. 5 no food for them except thorny plants 6 Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. 8 Pleased with their striving,- 9 In the high empyrean, 10 wherein they shall hear no vain talk. 11 Therein is a fountain flowing, 12 and couches raised high, 13 Goblets placed (ready), 14 cushions ranged, 15 and well spread carpets. 16 Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created, 17 And how the heaven was raised up, 18 And the mountains: how they were fixed? 19 And at the earth, how it is spread out? 20 And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort: 21 You do not have full control over them. 22 But he who turns his back, and disbelieves, 23 In which case he will be punished by God with the severest punishment. 24 Indeed, to Us is their return. 25 Then it will be for Us to call them to account. 26