Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Has the news of the overwhelming event reached you? 1 On that day (many) faces will be downcast, 2 be toiling and worn-out; 3 Scorched by burning fire, 4 Given to drink of a spring fiercely boiling. 5 No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns, 6 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. 7 Some faces on that Day will be radiant, 8 well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving, 9 In a high Garden. 10 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech. 11 In it there shall be a flowing spring, 12 Therein are thrones raised high, 13 and goblets placed ready, 14 And cushions set in rows, 15 and carpets outspread. 16 What, do they not consider how the camel was created, 17 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft, 18 And the mountains: how they were fixed? 19 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse? 20 And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort: 21 You are not at all a guardian over them. 22 As for those who turn their back and disbelieve, 23 God will punish them with the greatest torment. 24 Indeed only towards Us is their return 25 Then verily on Us is their reckoning. 26