In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
Chapter 88, 26 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Toiling, weary,
Laboring, toiling,
AAamilatun nasibatun
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Scorched by burning fire,
Entering into burning fire,
Tasla naran hamiyatan
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
They shall have no food but of thorns,
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
In that day other faces will be calm,
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Glad for their effort past,
Well - pleased because of their striving,
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
In a high Garden
In a lofty garden,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Where they hear no idle speech,
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Wherein are couches raised
Therein are thrones raised high,
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
And goblets set at hand
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cushions ranged
And cushions set in a row,
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And silken carpets spread.
And carpets spread out.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And the earth, how it is spread ?
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
You are not a watcher over them;
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
Illa man tawalla wakafara
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Lo! unto Us is their return
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Inna ilayna iyabahum
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
And Ours their reckoning.
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم