Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Has there come to you the narration of the overwhelming (i.e. the Day of Resurrection); 1 Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear, 2 Labouring, wearied out, 3 They will enter in the hot blazing Fire, 4 Given to drink of a spring fiercely boiling. 5 They shall have no food except bitter dry thorns 6 Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 Many faces will be joyous on that day, 8 with their striving well-pleased, 9 In a lofty garden, 10 hearing there no babble; 11 There is a stream of running water in it; 12 and raised couches, 13 Goblets placed (ready), 14 And cushions set in a row, 15 And silken carpets spread. 16 Do (these unbelievers) not observe the camels: how they were created? 17 how the heavens are raised up high, 18 And the mountains: how they were fixed? 19 And the earth – how it has been spread out? 20 Then remind them! Thou art only a reminder; 21 and are not invested with the authority to compel them. 22 However, he who turns away and disbelieves - 23 Him Allah shall torment with the greatest torment. 24 Surely to Us is their return; 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26