الغاشـيـة

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

1 Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

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

2 [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

3 Laboring, toiling,

3 Working [hard] and exhausted.

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

4 Entering into burning fire,

4 They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

5 They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

6 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

7 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

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

8 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

9 With their effort [they are] satisfied

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

10 In a lofty garden,

10 In an elevated garden,

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

11 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

12 Within it is a flowing spring.

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

13 Within it are couches raised high

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

14 And cups put in place

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

15 And cushions set in a row,

15 And cushions lined up

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

16 And carpets spread out.

16 And carpets spread around.

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

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

17 Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

18 And at the sky - how it is raised?

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

19 And at the mountains - how they are erected?

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

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

20 And at the earth - how it is spread out?

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

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

21 So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

22 You are not a watcher over them;

22 You are not over them a controller.

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

23 However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

24 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

25 Indeed, to Us is their return.

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

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

26 Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum