Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Certainly the news of the calamity that will overwhelm has come to you! 1 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated, 2 Labouring (hard in the worldly life by worshipping others besides Allah), weary (in the Hereafter with humility and disgrace). 3 Burning in the scorching fire, 4 They will be given to drink from a boiling spring, 5 no food for them except thorny plants 6 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. 7 (Whereas other) faces on that Day will be joyful, 8 well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving, 9 In a high Garden 10 where they will hear no idle talk. 11 There is a stream of running water in it; 12 raised couches, 13 And cups put in place 14 cushions ranged, 15 and rich carpets levelled out. 16 DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created? 17 And the heaven, how it is raised? 18 how the mountains are set firm, 19 And at the earth - how it is spread out? 20 Therefore remind, you are only a Reminder. 21 You are not over them a controller. 22 But if any turn away and reject Allah,- 23 In which case he will be punished by God with the severest punishment. 24 Surely to Us is their turning back, 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26