Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Have you heard the story of the overwhelming event (the Day of Judgment)? 1 (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast, 2 Labouring (hard), weary,- 3 Burning in the scorching fire, 4 and will be made to drink from a boiling spring, 5 They shall have no food except bitter dry thorns 6 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. 7 Many a face will be in serenity on that day. 8 Glad for their effort past, 9 In a lofty garden, 10 hearing there no babble; 11 Therein will be a running spring, 12 raised couches, 13 and goblets set forth 14 And cushions ranged! 15 and carpets spread out. 16 Have they not looked at how the camel is created, 17 how heaven was lifted up, 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted? 19 And how the earth was outstretched? 20 (Muhammad), preach; you are only a preacher. 21 You are not a dictator over them. 22 However, he who turns away and disbelieves - 23 Allah will punish him with direst punishment. 24 Truly, to Us is their return; 25 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account. 26