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]?
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 there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Toiling, weary,
Working [hard] and exhausted.
AAamilatun nasibatun
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Scorched by burning fire,
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Tasla naran hamiyatan
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Drinking from a boiling spring,
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
In that day other faces will be calm,
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Glad for their effort past,
With their effort [they are] satisfied
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
In a high Garden
In an elevated garden,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Where they hear no idle speech,
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Within it is a flowing spring.
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Wherein are couches raised
Within it are couches raised high
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
And goblets set at hand
And cups put in place
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cushions ranged
And cushions lined up
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And silken carpets spread.
And carpets spread around.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Then do they not look at 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 at the sky - how it is raised?
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And the earth, how it is spread ?
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
So remind, [O Muhammad]; 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 over them a controller.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
Illa man tawalla wakafara
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Lo! unto Us is their return
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Inna ilayna iyabahum
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
And Ours their reckoning.
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم