Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Laboring, toiling,
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Entering into burning fire,
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
They shall have no food but of thorns,
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
Well - pleased because of their striving,
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
With their effort [they are] satisfied
In a lofty garden,
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
In an elevated garden,
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Therein is a fountain flowing,
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Within it is a flowing spring.
Therein are thrones raised high,
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Within it are couches raised high
And drinking - cups ready placed,
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cups put in place
And cushions set in a row,
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And cushions lined up
And carpets spread out.
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
And carpets spread around.
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And at the sky - how it is raised?
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
You are not a watcher over them;
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
You are not over them a controller.
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Surely to Us is their turning back,
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.