Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Laboring, toiling,
Labouring (hard), weary, -
عاملة ناصبة
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Entering into burning fire,
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
تصلى نارا حامية
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
تسقى من عين آنية
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
They shall have no food but of thorns,
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Well - pleased because of their striving,
Pleased with their striving, -
لسعيها راضية
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
In a lofty garden,
In a Garden on high,
في جنة عالية
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
فيها عين جارية
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Therein are thrones raised high,
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
فيها سرر مرفوعة
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Goblets placed (ready),
وأكواب موضوعة
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cushions set in a row,
And cushions set in rows,
ونمارق مصفوفة
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And carpets spread out.
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
وزرابي مبثوثة
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
أفلا ينظرون إلى الإبل كيف خلقت
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
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.
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
You are not a watcher over them;
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
لست عليهم بمصيطر
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
إلا من تولى وكفر
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Surely to Us is their turning back,
For to Us will be their return;
إن إلينا إيابهم
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم