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
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
Toiling, weary,
AAamilatun nasibatun
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Scorched by burning fire,
Tasla naran hamiyatan
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ
In that day other faces will be calm,
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Glad for their effort past,
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
In a high Garden
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Where they hear no idle speech,
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Wherein are couches raised
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
And goblets set at hand
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cushions ranged
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And silken carpets spread.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And the hills, how they are set up ?
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And the earth, how it is spread ?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
Illa man tawalla wakafara
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
Lo! unto Us is their return
Inna ilayna iyabahum
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
And Ours their reckoning.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم