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