Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]? 1 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 roasting at a scorching Fire 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns, 6 that will neither nourish nor satisfy their hunger. 7 Many faces will be joyous on that day, 8 Glad for their effort past, 9 They will be in a lofty Garden 10 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech. 11 Countless springs will flow therein, 12 and couches raised high, 13 And chosen goblets. 14 and cushions ranged, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 Will they not regard the camels, how they are created? 17 And at the sky, how it is raised aloft? 18 And the mountains: how they were fixed? 19 And the earth – how it has been spread out? 20 Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish. 21 You are not a dictator over them. 22 However, he who turns away and disbelieves - 23 So Allah will mete out to him the greatest punishment. 24 Verily, to Us will be their return; 25 Ours is surely then to reckon with them. 26