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