Al Gashiya

1 Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

1 Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

2 (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

2 [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

3 Laboring, toiling,

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

3 Working [hard] and exhausted.

4 Entering into burning fire,

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

4 They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

5 They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

6 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

7 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

8 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy,

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

8 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

9 With their effort [they are] satisfied

10 In a lofty garden,

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

10 In an elevated garden,

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

11 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

12 Within it is a flowing spring.

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

13 Within it are couches raised high

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

14 And cups put in place

15 And cushions set in a row,

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

15 And cushions lined up

16 And carpets spread out.

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

16 And carpets spread around.

17 Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

17 Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

18 And at the sky - how it is raised?

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

19 And at the mountains - how they are erected?

20 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

20 And at the earth - how it is spread out?

21 Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

21 So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.

22 You are not a watcher over them;

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

22 You are not over them a controller.

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

23 However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

24 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

25 Indeed, to Us is their return.

26 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

26 Then indeed, upon Us is their account.