Al Gashiya

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

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

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

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

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

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

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

3 Working [hard] and exhausted.

3 Laboring, toiling,

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

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

4 Entering into burning fire,

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

5 They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

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

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

7 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

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

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

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

9 With their effort [they are] satisfied

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

10 In an elevated garden,

10 In a lofty garden,

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

11 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

12 Within it is a flowing spring.

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

13 Within it are couches raised high

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

14 And cups put in place

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

15 And cushions lined up

15 And cushions set in a row,

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

16 And carpets spread around.

16 And carpets spread out.

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

17 Then do they not look at 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 at the sky - how it is raised?

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

19 And at the mountains - how they are erected?

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

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

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

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

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

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

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

22 You are not over them a controller.

22 You are not a watcher over them;

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

23 However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

24 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

25 Indeed, to Us is their return.

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

26 Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

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