Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming? 1 Many faces will be contrite on that day, 2 Travailing, worn. 3 The while they enter the Blazing Fire,- 4 and will be made to drink from a boiling spring, 5 No food will there be for them but a poisonous thorny plant, 6 Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger. 7 Many a face will be in serenity on that day. 8 Well-pleased because of their striving, 9 In a lofty Paradise. 10 where they will hear no idle talk. 11 therein a running fountain, 12 and couches raised high, 13 and goblets set at hand, 14 And cushions ranged! 15 And rich carpets spread. 16 Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created? 17 And how the heaven was raised up, 18 and on the mountains, how they are firmly set up, 19 And the earth, how it is spread? 20 So, [O Prophet] exhort them: your task is only to exhort, 21 You are not at all a guardian over them. 22 Other than him who turns his back and denies, 23 Him Allah shall torment with the greatest torment. 24 Indeed, to Us they shall return, 25 Ours is surely then to reckon with them. 26