Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? 1 Some faces will on that Day be downcast, 2 toiling [under burdens of sin,] worn out [by fear,] 3 roasting at a scorching fire, 4 Made to drink from a boiling spring. 5 No food shall be theirs save bitter thorn, 6 which neither sustains, nor satisfy hunger. 7 Faces on that Day shall be delighted, 8 with their striving well-pleased, 9 They will live in an exalted garden 10 Where they hear no idle speech, 11 In it there shall be a flowing spring, 12 [and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high, 13 and prepared goblets, 14 And cushions lined up 15 And carpets spread out. 16 So do they not see the camel – how it has been created? 17 and on the sky, how it is raised aloft, 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm? 19 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse? 20 Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish. 21 You are not a watcher over them; 22 Other than him who turns his back and denies, 23 will be punished by God with the greatest punishment. 24 Surely to Us is their return; 25 And Ours their reckoning. 26