Chapter 88, 26 verses
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Has there come to you the narration of the overwhelming (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)?
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
Some faces, that Day will be humiliated (in the Hell-fire, i.e. the faces of all disbelievers, Jews and Christians).
AAamilatun nasibatun
عاملة ناصبة
Labouring (hard in the worldly life by worshipping others besides Allah), weary (in the Hereafter with humility and disgrace).
Tasla naran hamiyatan
تصلى نارا حامية
They will enter in the hot blazing Fire.
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
تسقى من عين آنية
They will be given to drink from a boiling spring,
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع
No food will there be for them but a poisonous thorny plant,
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger.
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
لسعيها راضية
Glad with their endeavour (for their good deeds which they did in this world, along with the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism).
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
في جنة عالية
In a lofty Paradise.
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
Where they shall neither hear harmful speech nor falsehood.
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
فيها عين جارية
Therein will be a running spring.
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Therein will be thrones raised high.
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
وأكواب موضوعة
And cups set at hand.
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
ونمارق مصفوفة
And cushions set in rows.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
وزرابي مبثوثة
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
أفلا ينظرون إلى الإبل كيف خلقت
Do they not look at the camels, how they are created?
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
And at the heaven, how it is raised?
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
And at the mountains, how they are rooted (and fixed firm)?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
And at the earth, how it is outspread?
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
So remind them (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) - you are only one who reminds.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
لست عليهم بمصيطر
You are not a dictator over them -
Illa man tawalla wakafara
إلا من تولى وكفر
Save the one who turns away and disbelieves.
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Inna ilayna iyabahum
إن إلينا إيابهم
Verily, to Us will be their return;
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Then verily, for Us will be their reckoning.