Chapter 88, 26 verses
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
AAamilatun nasibatun
عاملة ناصبة
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Tasla naran hamiyatan
تصلى نارا حامية
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
تسقى من عين آنية
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
لسعيها راضية
With their effort [they are] satisfied
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
في جنة عالية
In an elevated garden,
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
فيها عين جارية
Within it is a flowing spring.
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Within it are couches raised high
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
وأكواب موضوعة
And cups put in place
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
ونمارق مصفوفة
And cushions lined up
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
وزرابي مبثوثة
And carpets spread around.
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
أفلا ينظرون إلى الإبل كيف خلقت
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
And at the sky - how it is raised?
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
لست عليهم بمصيطر
You are not over them a controller.
Illa man tawalla wakafara
إلا من تولى وكفر
However, he 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
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.