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