Al Gashiya

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

1 Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

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

2 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

3 Laboring, toiling,

3 Labouring (hard), weary, -

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

4 Entering into burning fire,

4 The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

5 The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

6 No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

7 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

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

8 (Other) faces that Day will be joyful,

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

9 Pleased with their striving, -

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

10 In a lofty garden,

10 In a Garden on high,

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

11 Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

12 Therein will be a bubbling spring:

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

13 Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

14 Goblets placed (ready),

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

15 And cushions set in a row,

15 And cushions set in rows,

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

16 And carpets spread out.

16 And rich carpets (all) spread out.

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

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

17 Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

18 And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

19 And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

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

20 And at the Earth, how it is spread out?

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

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

21 Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

22 You are not a watcher over them;

22 Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

23 But if any turn away and reject Allah, -

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

24 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

25 For to Us will be their return;

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

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

26 Then it will be for Us to call them to account.

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum