الغاشـيـة

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

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

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

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

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

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

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

3 Toiling, weary,

3 Working [hard] and exhausted.

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

4 Scorched by burning fire,

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

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

5 They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

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

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

7 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

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

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

9 Glad for their effort past,

9 With their effort [they are] satisfied

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

10 In a high Garden

10 In an elevated garden,

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

11 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

12 Within it is a flowing spring.

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

13 Wherein are couches raised

13 Within it are couches raised high

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

14 And goblets set at hand

14 And cups put in place

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

15 And cushions ranged

15 And cushions lined up

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

16 And silken carpets spread.

16 And carpets spread around.

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

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

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

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

18 And at the sky - how it is raised?

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

19 And at the mountains - how they are erected?

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

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

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

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

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

22 You are not over them a controller.

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

23 However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

24 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

25 Indeed, to Us is their return.

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

26 And Ours their reckoning.

26 Then indeed, upon Us is their account.