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