Al Gashiya

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

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

1 Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

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

2 [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

3 Laboring, toiling,

3 Working [hard] and exhausted.

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

4 Entering into burning fire,

4 They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

5 They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

6 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

7 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

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

8 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

9 With their effort [they are] satisfied

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

10 In a lofty garden,

10 In an elevated garden,

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

11 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

12 Within it is a flowing spring.

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

13 Within it are couches raised high

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

14 And cups put in place

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

15 And cushions set in a row,

15 And cushions lined up

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

16 And carpets spread out.

16 And carpets spread around.

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

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

17 Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

18 And at the sky - how it is raised?

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

19 And at the mountains - how they are erected?

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

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

20 And at the earth - how it is spread out?

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

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

21 So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

22 You are not a watcher over them;

22 You are not over them a controller.

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

23 However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

24 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

25 Indeed, to Us is their return.

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

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

26 Then indeed, upon Us is their account.