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 Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?

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

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

2 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,

3 Laboring, toiling,

3 Working [hard] and exhausted.

3 Labouring (hard), weary, -

4 Entering into burning fire,

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

4 The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

5 They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

5 The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

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

6 No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

7 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

7 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.

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

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

8 (Other) faces that Day will be joyful,

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

9 With their effort [they are] satisfied

9 Pleased with their striving, -

10 In a lofty garden,

10 In an elevated garden,

10 In a Garden on high,

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

11 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

11 Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

12 Within it is a flowing spring.

12 Therein will be a bubbling spring:

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

13 Within it are couches raised high

13 Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

14 And cups put in place

14 Goblets placed (ready),

15 And cushions set in a row,

15 And cushions lined up

15 And cushions set in rows,

16 And carpets spread out.

16 And carpets spread around.

16 And rich carpets (all) spread out.

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 Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

18 And at the sky - how it is raised?

18 And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

19 And at the mountains - how they are erected?

19 And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -

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

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

20 And at the Earth, how it is spread out?

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

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

21 Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.

22 You are not a watcher over them;

22 You are not over them a controller.

22 Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

23 However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

23 But if any turn away and reject Allah, -

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

24 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

24 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

25 Indeed, to Us is their return.

25 For to Us will be their return;

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

26 Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

26 Then it will be for Us to call them to account.