بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
Chapter 88, 26 verses
The covering/ wrapping up (ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ)
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
عاملة ناصبة
Laboring, toiling,
AAamilatun nasibatun
Labouring (hard), weary, -
تصلى نارا حامية
Entering into burning fire,
Tasla naran hamiyatan
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
تسقى من عين آنية
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع
They shall have no food but of thorns,
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
لسعيها راضية
Well - pleased because of their striving,
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
Pleased with their striving, -
في جنة عالية
In a lofty garden,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a Garden on high,
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
فيها عين جارية
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Therein are thrones raised high,
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
وأكواب موضوعة
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
Goblets placed (ready),
ونمارق مصفوفة
And cushions set in a row,
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And cushions set in rows,
وزرابي مبثوثة
And carpets spread out.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
أفلا ينظرون إلى الإبل كيف خلقت
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
لست عليهم بمصيطر
You are not a watcher over them;
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
إلا من تولى وكفر
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
Illa man tawalla wakafara
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
إن إلينا إيابهم
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Inna ilayna iyabahum
For to Us will be their return;
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.