Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Have you heard the story of the overwhelming event (the Day of Judgment)? 1 Some faces will on that Day be downcast, 2 toiling [under burdens of sin,] worn out [by fear,] 3 The while they enter the Blazing Fire,- 4 They will be given to drink from a boiling spring, 5 They shall have no food except bitter dry thorns 6 which neither sustains, nor satisfy hunger. 7 Faces on that day jocund, 8 with their striving well-pleased, 9 They will be in a lofty Garden 10 wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk. 11 Therein is a fountain flowing, 12 and couches raised high, 13 And goblets ready placed! 14 And arranged carpets. 15 And silken carpets spread. 16 Do they not then ponder how the clouds were formed; 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 was spread out? 20 Therefore remind, you are only a Reminder. 21 Thou art not over them a warden. 22 But whosoever will turn back and disbelieve 23 will be punished by God with the greatest punishment. 24 Surely to Us is their return; 25 Then, surely, it is for Us to call them to account. 26