Al Gashiya

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?

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

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

2 On that day (many) faces will be downcast,

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

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

3 Toiling, weary,

3 Laboring, toiling,

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

4 Scorched by burning fire,

4 Entering into burning fire,

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

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

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

9 Glad for their effort past,

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

10 In a high Garden

10 In a lofty garden,

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

13 Wherein are couches raised

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

14 And goblets set at hand

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

15 And cushions ranged

15 And cushions set in a row,

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

16 And silken carpets spread.

16 And carpets spread out.

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

17 Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?

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

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

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

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

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

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

22 You are not a watcher over them;

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

26 And Ours their reckoning.

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