Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? 1 (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast, 2 laboring, wornout, 3 about to enter a glowing fire, 4 Given to drink of a spring fiercely boiling. 5 no food for them but cactus thorn 6 Neither nourishing nor banishing hunger. 7 (Whereas other) faces on that Day will be joyful, 8 Well-pleased because of their striving, 9 In an elevated garden, 10 wherein they shall hear no vain talk. 11 Therein shall be a spring running! 12 raised couches, 13 and goblets placed ready, 14 And cushions lined up 15 and rich carpets levelled out. 16 What, do they not consider how the camel was created, 17 and on the sky, how it is raised aloft, 18 and how the mountains were firmly fixed? 19 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse? 20 So, [O Prophet] exhort them: your task is only to exhort, 21 Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs. 22 As for those who turn their back and disbelieve, 23 Allah will chastise him with the most terrible chastisement. 24 For to Us will be their return; 25 Then, surely, it is for Us to call them to account. 26