Chapter 88, 26 verses
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
AAamilatun nasibatun
عاملة ناصبة
Labouring (hard), weary, -
Tasla naran hamiyatan
تصلى نارا حامية
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
تسقى من عين آنية
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
لسعيها راضية
Pleased with their striving, -
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
في جنة عالية
In a Garden on high,
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
فيها عين جارية
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
وأكواب موضوعة
Goblets placed (ready),
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 made? -
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
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
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
لست عليهم بمصيطر
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
Illa man tawalla wakafara
إلا من تولى وكفر
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
Inna ilayna iyabahum
إن إلينا إيابهم
For to Us will be their return;
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.