Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Chapter 88, 26 verses
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
AAamilatun nasibatun
Toiling, weary,
عاملة ناصبة
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Scorched by burning fire,
تصلى نارا حامية
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
Drinking from a boiling spring,
تسقى من عين آنية
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
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
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
In that day other faces will be calm,
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
Glad for their effort past,
لسعيها راضية
With their effort [they are] satisfied
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a high Garden
في جنة عالية
In an elevated garden,
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Where they hear no idle speech,
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Wherein is a gushing spring,
فيها عين جارية
Within it is a flowing spring.
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Wherein are couches raised
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Within it are couches raised high
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And goblets set at hand
وأكواب موضوعة
And cups put in place
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And cushions ranged
ونمارق مصفوفة
And cushions lined up
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
And silken carpets spread.
وزرابي مبثوثة
And carpets spread around.
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
أفلا ينظرون إلى الإبل كيف خلقت
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
And at the sky - how it is raised?
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And the hills, how they are set up ?
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
And the earth, how it is spread ?
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
لست عليهم بمصيطر
You are not over them a controller.
Illa man tawalla wakafara
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
إلا من تولى وكفر
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Lo! unto Us is their return
إن إلينا إيابهم
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
And Ours their reckoning.
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.