Al Gashiya

1 Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?

1 Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

2 (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,

2 [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

3 Laboring, toiling,

3 Working [hard] and exhausted.

4 Entering into burning fire,

4 They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

5 They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

6 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

7 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

8 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy,

8 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

9 With their effort [they are] satisfied

10 In a lofty garden,

10 In an elevated garden,

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

11 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

12 Within it is a flowing spring.

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

13 Within it are couches raised high

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

14 And cups put in place

15 And cushions set in a row,

15 And cushions lined up

16 And carpets spread out.

16 And carpets spread around.

17 Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?

17 Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

18 And at the sky - how it is raised?

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

19 And at the mountains - how they are erected?

20 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?

20 And at the earth - how it is spread out?

21 Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.

21 So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.

22 You are not a watcher over them;

22 You are not over them a controller.

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

23 However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

24 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

25 Indeed, to Us is their return.

26 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.

26 Then indeed, upon Us is their account.