Chapter 88, 26 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
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,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
Toiling, weary,
Working [hard] and exhausted.
عاملة ناصبة
Scorched by burning fire,
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
تصلى نارا حامية
Drinking from a boiling spring,
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
تسقى من عين آنية
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
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.
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
In that day other faces will be calm,
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
Glad for their effort past,
With their effort [they are] satisfied
لسعيها راضية
In a high Garden
In an elevated garden,
في جنة عالية
Where they hear no idle speech,
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Within it is a flowing spring.
فيها عين جارية
Wherein are couches raised
Within it are couches raised high
فيها سرر مرفوعة
And goblets set at hand
And cups put in place
وأكواب موضوعة
And cushions ranged
And cushions lined up
ونمارق مصفوفة
And silken carpets spread.
And carpets spread around.
وزرابي مبثوثة
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
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 ?
And at the sky - how it is raised?
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
And the earth, how it is spread ?
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
You are not over them a controller.
لست عليهم بمصيطر
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
إلا من تولى وكفر
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
Lo! unto Us is their return
Indeed, to Us is their return.
إن إلينا إيابهم
And Ours their reckoning.
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
ثم إن علينا حسابهم