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)?
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
Laboring, toiling,
عاملة ناصبة
Labouring (hard), weary, -
Entering into burning fire,
تصلى نارا حامية
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
تسقى من عين آنية
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
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 will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
Well - pleased because of their striving,
لسعيها راضية
Pleased with their striving, -
In a lofty garden,
في جنة عالية
In a Garden on high,
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
Therein is a fountain flowing,
فيها عين جارية
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Therein are thrones raised high,
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
And drinking - cups ready placed,
وأكواب موضوعة
Goblets placed (ready),
And cushions set in a row,
ونمارق مصفوفة
And cushions set in rows,
And carpets spread out.
وزرابي مبثوثة
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
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? -
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
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 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?
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
You are not a watcher over them;
لست عليهم بمصيطر
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
إلا من تولى وكفر
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
Surely to Us is their turning back,
إن إلينا إيابهم
For to Us will be their return;
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.