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 the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
Laboring, toiling,
عاملة ناصبة
Labouring (hard), weary, -
AAamilatun nasibatun
Entering into burning fire,
تصلى نارا حامية
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
تسقى من عين آنية
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
They shall have no food but of thorns,
ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
Well - pleased because of their striving,
لسعيها راضية
Pleased with their striving, -
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
In a lofty garden,
في جنة عالية
In a Garden on high,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Therein is a fountain flowing,
فيها عين جارية
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Therein are thrones raised high,
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
And drinking - cups ready placed,
وأكواب موضوعة
Goblets placed (ready),
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And cushions set in a row,
ونمارق مصفوفة
And cushions set in rows,
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And carpets spread out.
وزرابي مبثوثة
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
أفلا ينظرون إلى الإبل كيف خلقت
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
You are not a watcher over them;
لست عليهم بمصيطر
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
إلا من تولى وكفر
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
Illa man tawalla wakafara
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Surely to Us is their turning back,
إن إلينا إيابهم
For to Us will be their return;
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum