بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Has there come to you the narration of the overwhelming (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)?
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
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Has there come to you the narration of the overwhelming (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)?
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
Some faces, that Day will be humiliated (in the Hell-fire, i.e. the faces of all disbelievers, Jews and Christians).
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
عاملة ناصبة
Labouring (hard in the worldly life by worshipping others besides Allah), weary (in the Hereafter with humility and disgrace).
Labouring (hard), weary, -
تصلى نارا حامية
They will enter in the hot blazing Fire.
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
تسقى من عين آنية
They will be given to drink from a boiling spring,
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع
No food will there be for them but a poisonous thorny plant,
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger.
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
لسعيها راضية
Glad with their endeavour (for their good deeds which they did in this world, along with the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism).
Pleased with their striving, -
في جنة عالية
In a lofty Paradise.
In a Garden on high,
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
Where they shall neither hear harmful speech nor falsehood.
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
فيها عين جارية
Therein will be a running spring.
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Therein will be thrones raised high.
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
وأكواب موضوعة
And cups set at hand.
Goblets placed (ready),
ونمارق مصفوفة
And cushions set in rows.
And cushions set in rows,
وزرابي مبثوثة
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
أفلا ينظرون إلى الإبل كيف خلقت
Do they not look at the camels, how they are created?
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
And at the heaven, how it is raised?
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
And at the mountains, how they are rooted (and fixed firm)?
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
And at the earth, how it is outspread?
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
So remind them (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) - you are only one who reminds.
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
لست عليهم بمصيطر
You are not a dictator over them -
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
إلا من تولى وكفر
Save the one who turns away and disbelieves.
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
إن إلينا إيابهم
Verily, to Us will be their return;
For to Us will be their return;
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Then verily, for Us will be their reckoning.
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.