# Sura  88 - The Overwhelming

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> THE CHAPTER OF THE OVERWHELMING
> (LXXXVIII. Mecca.)
> IN the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
> Has there come to thee the story of the overwhelming? Faces on that day shall be humble, labouring, toiling,- shall broil upon a burning fire; shall be given to drink from a boiling spring! no food shall they have save from the foul thorn, which shall not fatten nor avail against hunger!
> Faces on that day shall be comfortable, content with their past endeavours,-in a lofty garden wherein they shall hear no foolish word; wherein is a flowing fountain; wherein are couches raised on high, and goblets set down, and cushions arranged, and carpets spread! Do they not look then at the camel how she is created?
> And at the heaven how it is reared?
> And at the mountains how they are set up?
> And at the earth how it is spread out?
> But remind: thou art only one to remind; thou art not in authority over them; except such as turns his back and misbelieves, for him will God torment with the greatest torment.
> Verily, unto us is their return, and, verily, for us is their account!
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> — *Sura  88 - The Overwhelming*