الغاشـيـة

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

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

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

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

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

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

3 Laboring, toiling,

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

3 Toiling, weary,

4 Entering into burning fire,

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

4 Scorched by burning fire,

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

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

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

9 Glad for their effort past,

10 In a lofty garden,

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

10 In a high Garden

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

13 Wherein are couches raised

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

14 And goblets set at hand

15 And cushions set in a row,

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

15 And cushions ranged

16 And carpets spread out.

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

16 And silken carpets spread.

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

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

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

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

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

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

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

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

22 You are not a watcher over them;

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

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

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

26 And Ours their reckoning.