In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Chapter 88, 26 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Toiling, weary,
AAamilatun nasibatun
عاملة ناصبة
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Scorched by burning fire,
Tasla naran hamiyatan
تصلى نارا حامية
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
تسقى من عين آنية
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
In that day other faces will be calm,
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
Glad for their effort past,
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
لسعيها راضية
With their effort [they are] satisfied
In a high Garden
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
في جنة عالية
In an elevated garden,
Where they hear no idle speech,
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
فيها عين جارية
Within it is a flowing spring.
Wherein are couches raised
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Within it are couches raised high
And goblets set at hand
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
وأكواب موضوعة
And cups put in place
And cushions ranged
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
ونمارق مصفوفة
And cushions lined up
And silken carpets spread.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
وزرابي مبثوثة
And carpets spread around.
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
أفلا ينظرون إلى الإبل كيف خلقت
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
And at the sky - how it is raised?
And the hills, how they are set up ?
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
And the earth, how it is spread ?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
لست عليهم بمصيطر
You are not over them a controller.
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
Illa man tawalla wakafara
إلا من تولى وكفر
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Lo! unto Us is their return
Inna ilayna iyabahum
إن إلينا إيابهم
Indeed, to Us is their return.
And Ours their reckoning.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.