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 toiling [under burdens of sin,] worn out [by fear,] 3 (Yet) Going into the blazing fire. 4 and will be made to drink from a boiling spring, 5 There is no food for them except thorns of fire. 6 Which shall neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 In that day other faces will be calm, 8 well pleased with the result of their striving, 9 In a Garden on high, 10 In which they will not hear any lewd speech. 11 A gushing fountain shall be there 12 Therein will be thrones raised high, 13 And goblets set at hand 14 And cushions ranged 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 So do they not see the camel – how it has been created? 17 And at the heaven, how it is raised? 18 and on the mountains, how they are firmly set up, 19 And the earth, how it is spread? 20 (Muhammad), preach; you are only a preacher. 21 You are not over them a controller. 22 Save the one who turns away and disbelieves 23 him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come]: 24 Surely to Us is their return; 25 And Ours their reckoning. 26