Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? 1 Some faces will on that Day be downcast, 2 labouring, toilworn, 3 roasting at a scorching fire, 4 Made to drink from a boiling spring. 5 They will have no food except bitter thorn, 6 unfattening, unappeasing hunger. 7 Many faces will be joyous on that day, 8 with their striving well-pleased, 9 In a high Garden 10 wherein they shall hear no vain talk. 11 Therein is a fountain flowing, 12 raised couches, 13 And cups put in place 14 and cushions arrayed 15 and rich carpets levelled out. 16 Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?- 17 And the heavens, how it was raised high; 18 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed, 19 And at the Earth, how it is spread out? 20 Remind them; you are surely a reminder. 21 and are not invested with the authority to compel them. 22 Except whoever turns away and disbelieves – 23 Him Allah shall torment with the greatest torment. 24 Certainly, it is to Us that they will return. 25 and then it is for Us to call them to account. 26