الغاشـيـة

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

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

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

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

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

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

3 Laboring, toiling,

3 Toiling, weary,

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

4 Entering into burning fire,

4 Scorched by burning fire,

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

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

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

9 Glad for their effort past,

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

10 In a lofty garden,

10 In a high Garden

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

13 Wherein are couches raised

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

14 And goblets set at hand

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

15 And cushions set in a row,

15 And cushions ranged

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

16 And carpets spread out.

16 And silken carpets spread.

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

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

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

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

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

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

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

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

22 You are not a watcher over them;

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

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

26 And Ours their reckoning.

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum