Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? 1 Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear, 2 be toiling and worn-out; 3 they shall burn in a Scorching Fire; 4 They will be given to drink from a boiling spring, 5 They will have no food other than bitter and thorny fruit 6 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. 7 Many a face will be in serenity on that day. 8 Well-pleased because of their striving, 9 In a high Garden. 10 hearing there no babble; 11 Within it is a flowing spring. 12 and couches raised high, 13 and goblets placed ready, 14 And cushions set in rows, 15 and carpets outspread. 16 Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created, 17 And at the sky, how it is raised aloft? 18 And at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm? 19 And the earth – how it has been spread out? 20 Then remind them! Thou art only a reminder; 21 You are not a watcher over them; 22 But if any turn away and reject Allah,- 23 God shall chastise him with the greatest chastisement. 24 Indeed only towards Us is their return 25 then upon Us shall rest their reckoning. 26