الغاشـيـة

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

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

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

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

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

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

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

3 Laboring, toiling,

3 Toiling, weary,

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

4 Entering into burning fire,

4 Scorched by burning fire,

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

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

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

9 Glad for their effort past,

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

10 In a lofty garden,

10 In a high Garden

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

13 Wherein are couches raised

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

14 And goblets set at hand

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

15 And cushions set in a row,

15 And cushions ranged

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

16 And carpets spread out.

16 And silken carpets spread.

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

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

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

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

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

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

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

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

22 You are not a watcher over them;

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

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

26 And Ours their reckoning.