Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Hast thou received the story of the Enveloper? 1 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated (in the Hell-fire, i.e. the faces of all disbelievers, Jews and Christians, etc.). 2 toiling [under burdens of sin,] worn out [by fear,] 3 Entering into burning fire, 4 They will be given to drink from a boiling spring, 5 they shall have no food but thorns, 6 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. 7 [And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss, 8 Well-pleased with their endeavour, 9 They will live in an exalted garden 10 hearing there no babble; 11 Therein will be a running spring, 12 and raised couches, 13 and goblets set at hand, 14 and arranged cushions 15 and outspread carpets. 16 DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created? 17 how the heavens are raised up high, 18 And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared? 19 how the earth was outstretched? 20 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer, 21 You are not at all a guardian over them. 22 But whoever will turn away (from the Truth), 23 Him Allah shall torment with the greatest torment. 24 for behold, unto Us will be their return, 25 Then, surely, it is for Us to call them to account. 26