Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming? 1 Many a face will be disgraced on that day. 2 laboring, wornout, 3 roasting at a scorching fire, 4 watered at a boiling fountain, 5 No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns, 6 Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 (Whereas other) faces on that Day will be joyful, 8 well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving, 9 In an elevated garden, 10 wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk. 11 Within it is a flowing spring. 12 Therein will be thrones raised high, 13 And drinking-cups ready placed, 14 And cushions lined up 15 and carpets outspread. 16 Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?- 17 and on the sky, how it is raised aloft, 18 And at the mountains - how they are erected? 19 And the earth, how it is spread? 20 So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder. 21 and are not invested with the authority to compel them. 22 But he who turns his back, and disbelieves, 23 God will punish them with the greatest torment. 24 For to Us will be their return; 25 Then verily, for Us will be their reckoning. 26