Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? 1 Some faces will on that Day be downcast, 2 Laboring, toiling, 3 about to enter a glowing fire, 4 The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring, 5 No food will there be for them but a poisonous thorny plant, 6 which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. 7 On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy, 8 well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving, 9 In the high empyrean, 10 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech. 11 Therein will be a running spring, 12 Therein shall be couches elevated! 13 and goblets placed ready, 14 and cushions arrayed in rows, 15 And rich carpets (all) spread out. 16 Do (these unbelievers) not observe the camels: how they were created? 17 And at the heaven, how it is raised? 18 And at the mountains - how they are erected? 19 And the earth, how it was spread out? 20 (Muhammad), preach; you are only a preacher. 21 Thou art not over them a warden. 22 However, those who turn away and disbelieve, 23 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement. 24 Verily unto Us is their return. 25 Ours is surely then to reckon with them. 26