Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]? 1 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated, 2 Travailing, worn. 3 they shall burn in a Scorching Fire; 4 and will be made to drink from a fiercely boiling spring. 5 There is no food for them except thorns of fire. 6 Which shall neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy, 8 Pleased with their striving,- 9 in a garden sublime, 10 Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity: 11 Therein is a fountain flowing, 12 And within it are couches placed on high, 13 Goblets placed (ready), 14 And cushions set in rows, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 What, do they not consider how the camel was created, 17 And the heaven – how it has been raised? 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm? 19 And the earth, how it is spread? 20 Then remind them! Thou art only a reminder; 21 You are not at all a guardian over them. 22 However, as for him who turns away, being bent on denying the truth, 23 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment. 24 Surely to Us is their turning back, 25 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account. 26