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)?
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Laboring, toiling,
عاملة ناصبة
Labouring (hard), weary, -
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Entering into burning fire,
تصلى نارا حامية
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
تسقى من عين آنية
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
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'
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Well - pleased because of their striving,
لسعيها راضية
Pleased with their striving, -
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
In a lofty garden,
في جنة عالية
In a Garden on high,
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Therein is a fountain flowing,
فيها عين جارية
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Therein are thrones raised high,
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
And drinking - cups ready placed,
وأكواب موضوعة
Goblets placed (ready),
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cushions set in a row,
ونمارق مصفوفة
And cushions set in rows,
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And carpets spread out.
وزرابي مبثوثة
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
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? -
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
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
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
You are not a watcher over them;
لست عليهم بمصيطر
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
إلا من تولى وكفر
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Surely to Us is their turning back,
إن إلينا إيابهم
For to Us will be their return;
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
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.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم