Chapter 88, 26 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
Toiling, weary,
عاملة ناصبة
AAamilatun nasibatun
Scorched by burning fire,
تصلى نارا حامية
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Drinking from a boiling spring,
تسقى من عين آنية
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
In that day other faces will be calm,
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
Glad for their effort past,
لسعيها راضية
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
In a high Garden
في جنة عالية
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
Where they hear no idle speech,
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Wherein is a gushing spring,
فيها عين جارية
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Wherein are couches raised
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
And goblets set at hand
وأكواب موضوعة
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And cushions ranged
ونمارق مصفوفة
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And silken carpets spread.
وزرابي مبثوثة
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
أفلا ينظرون إلى الإبل كيف خلقت
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the hills, how they are set up ?
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And the earth, how it is spread ?
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
لست عليهم بمصيطر
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
إلا من تولى وكفر
Illa man tawalla wakafara
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Lo! unto Us is their return
إن إلينا إيابهم
Inna ilayna iyabahum
And Ours their reckoning.
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum