الغاشـيـة

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

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

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

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

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

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

3 Toiling, weary,

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

3 Laboring, toiling,

4 Scorched by burning fire,

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

4 Entering into burning fire,

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

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

9 Glad for their effort past,

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

10 In a high Garden

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

10 In a lofty garden,

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

13 Wherein are couches raised

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

14 And goblets set at hand

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

15 And cushions ranged

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

15 And cushions set in a row,

16 And silken carpets spread.

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

16 And carpets spread out.

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

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

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

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

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

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

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

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

22 You are not a watcher over them;

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

26 And Ours their reckoning.

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

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