Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Have you heard the story of the overwhelming event (the Day of Judgment)? 1 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated (in the Hell-fire, i.e. the faces of all disbelievers, Jews and Christians, etc.). 2 be toiling and worn-out; 3 They will suffer the heat of the blazing fire 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 They shall have no food except bitter dry thorns 6 unfattening, unappeasing hunger. 7 On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy, 8 With their effort [they are] satisfied 9 In a Garden on high, 10 Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity: 11 Within it is a flowing spring. 12 raised couches, 13 And chosen goblets. 14 and arranged cushions 15 and carpets spread out. 16 Have they not looked at how the camel is created, 17 And the sky: how it was raised high? 18 how the mountains are set firm, 19 and how the earth is spread out? 20 And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort: 21 Thou art not at all a warder over them. 22 But he who turns his back, and disbelieves, 23 will be punished by God with the greatest punishment. 24 Indeed, to Us they shall return, 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26