Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
HAS NEWS OF the Overpowering Event reached you? 1 Many faces will be contrite on that day, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 The while they enter the Blazing Fire,- 4 that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain, 5 They shall have no food but of thorns, 6 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. 7 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy, 8 Pleased with their striving,- 9 in a sublime Garden, 10 hearing there no babble; 11 A gushing fountain shall be there 12 and couches raised high, 13 and goblets set forth 14 and cushions arrayed 15 and well spread carpets. 16 What, do they not reflect upon how the camel was created? 17 And at the Sky, how it is raised high?- 18 And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?- 19 And at the Earth, how it is spread out? 20 So render good counsel, for you are simply required to counsel, 21 You are not a warden over them, 22 But if any turn away and reject Allah,- 23 him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come]: 24 Verily unto Us is their return. 25 Then indeed only upon Us is their reckoning. 26