الغاشـيـة

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?

1 Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

2 On that day (many) faces will be downcast,

2 (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

3 Toiling, weary,

3 Laboring, toiling,

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

4 Scorched by burning fire,

4 Entering into burning fire,

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

8 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy,

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

9 Glad for their effort past,

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

10 In a high Garden

10 In a lofty garden,

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

13 Wherein are couches raised

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

14 And goblets set at hand

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

15 And cushions ranged

15 And cushions set in a row,

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

16 And silken carpets spread.

16 And carpets spread out.

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

17 Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?

17 Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

20 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

21 Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

22 You are not a watcher over them;

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

26 And Ours their reckoning.

26 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum