Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Hath there come unto thee the story of the Enveloping Event? 1 On that day (many) faces will be downcast, 2 Laboring, toiling, 3 they shall burn in a Scorching Fire; 4 Given to drink of a spring fiercely boiling. 5 No food will there be for them but a poisonous thorny plant, 6 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger. 7 In that day other faces will be calm, 8 Well-pleased because of their striving, 9 In a Garden on high, 10 wherein they will not hear any vain talk. 11 Within it is a flowing spring. 12 [and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high, 13 well arranged goblets, 14 And cushions lined up 15 And linen spread out. 16 Do (these unbelievers) not observe the camels: how they were created? 17 And the sky: how it was raised high? 18 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed, 19 And at the earth, how it is spread out? 20 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer, 21 you are not their keeper. 22 But whoever turns back and disbelieves, 23 Allah will punish him with direst punishment. 24 Surely to Us is their turning back, 25 In Our hands are their accounts. 26