الغاشـيـة

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

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

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

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

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

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

3 Working [hard] and exhausted.

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

3 Toiling, weary,

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

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

4 Scorched by burning fire,

5 They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

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

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

7 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

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

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

9 With their effort [they are] satisfied

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

9 Glad for their effort past,

10 In an elevated garden,

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

10 In a high Garden

11 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

12 Within it is a flowing spring.

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

13 Within it are couches raised high

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

13 Wherein are couches raised

14 And cups put in place

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

14 And goblets set at hand

15 And cushions lined up

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

15 And cushions ranged

16 And carpets spread around.

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

16 And silken carpets spread.

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

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

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

18 And at the sky - how it is raised?

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

19 And at the mountains - how they are erected?

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

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

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

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

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

22 You are not over them a controller.

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

23 However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

24 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

25 Indeed, to Us is their return.

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

26 Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

26 And Ours their reckoning.