Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Certainly the news of the calamity that will overwhelm has come to you! 1 On that Day, there shall be downcast faces, 2 laboring, wornout, 3 roasting at a scorching Fire 4 watered at a boiling fountain, 5 No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit 6 which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. 7 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy, 8 Well-pleased with their endeavour, 9 in a sublime Garden, 10 where they will hear no idle talk, 11 therein a running fountain, 12 raised couches, 13 And cups set at hand. 14 And cushions ranged 15 and carpets outspread. 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 firmly they are reared? 19 and how the earth is spread out? 20 And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort: 21 You are not at all a guardian over them. 22 But whoever turns back and disbelieves, 23 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement. 24 Indeed only towards Us is their return 25 Then it will be for Us to call them to account. 26