Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Laboring, toiling,
AAamilatun nasibatun
عاملة ناصبة
Working [hard] and exhausted.
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Entering into burning fire,
Tasla naran hamiyatan
تصلى نارا حامية
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
تسقى من عين آنية
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
They shall have no food but of thorns,
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Well - pleased because of their striving,
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
لسعيها راضية
With their effort [they are] satisfied
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
In a lofty garden,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
في جنة عالية
In an elevated garden,
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
فيها عين جارية
Within it is a flowing spring.
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Therein are thrones raised high,
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Within it are couches raised high
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
وأكواب موضوعة
And cups put in place
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cushions set in a row,
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
ونمارق مصفوفة
And cushions lined up
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And carpets spread out.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
وزرابي مبثوثة
And carpets spread around.
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
أفلا ينظرون إلى الإبل كيف خلقت
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
And at the sky - how it is raised?
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
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.
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
You are not a watcher over them;
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
لست عليهم بمصيطر
You are not over them a controller.
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
Illa man tawalla wakafara
إلا من تولى وكفر
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Inna ilayna iyabahum
إن إلينا إيابهم
Indeed, to Us is their return.
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم