Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
Laboring, toiling,
عاملة ناصبة
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Labouring (hard), weary, -
Entering into burning fire,
تصلى نارا حامية
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
تسقى من عين آنية
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
They shall have no food but of thorns,
ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
Well - pleased because of their striving,
لسعيها راضية
With their effort [they are] satisfied
Pleased with their striving, -
In a lofty garden,
في جنة عالية
In an elevated garden,
In a Garden on high,
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
Therein is a fountain flowing,
فيها عين جارية
Within it is a flowing spring.
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Therein are thrones raised high,
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Within it are couches raised high
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
And drinking - cups ready placed,
وأكواب موضوعة
And cups put in place
Goblets placed (ready),
And cushions set in a row,
ونمارق مصفوفة
And cushions lined up
And cushions set in rows,
And carpets spread out.
وزرابي مبثوثة
And carpets spread around.
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
أفلا ينظرون إلى الإبل كيف خلقت
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
And at the sky - how it is raised?
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
You are not a watcher over them;
لست عليهم بمصيطر
You are not over them a controller.
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
إلا من تولى وكفر
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
Surely to Us is their turning back,
إن إلينا إيابهم
Indeed, to Us is their return.
For to Us will be their return;
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.