Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Laboring, toiling,
عاملة ناصبة
AAamilatun nasibatun
Working [hard] and exhausted.
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Entering into burning fire,
تصلى نارا حامية
Tasla naran hamiyatan
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
تسقى من عين آنية
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
They shall have no food but of thorns,
ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Well - pleased because of their striving,
لسعيها راضية
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
With their effort [they are] satisfied
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
In a lofty garden,
في جنة عالية
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In an elevated garden,
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Therein is a fountain flowing,
فيها عين جارية
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Within it is a flowing spring.
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Therein are thrones raised high,
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Within it are couches raised high
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
And drinking - cups ready placed,
وأكواب موضوعة
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And cups put in place
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cushions set in a row,
ونمارق مصفوفة
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And cushions lined up
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And carpets spread out.
وزرابي مبثوثة
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
And carpets spread around.
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
أفلا ينظرون إلى الإبل كيف خلقت
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And at the sky - how it is raised?
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
You are not a watcher over them;
لست عليهم بمصيطر
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
You are not over them a controller.
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
إلا من تولى وكفر
Illa man tawalla wakafara
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Surely to Us is their turning back,
إن إلينا إيابهم
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Indeed, to Us is their return.
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم