Chapter 88, 26 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Toiling, weary,
Laboring, toiling,
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Scorched by burning fire,
Entering into burning fire,
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
They shall have no food but of thorns,
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
In that day other faces will be calm,
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
Glad for their effort past,
Well - pleased because of their striving,
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
In a high Garden
In a lofty garden,
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
Where they hear no idle speech,
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Therein is a fountain flowing,
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Wherein are couches raised
Therein are thrones raised high,
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And goblets set at hand
And drinking - cups ready placed,
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And cushions ranged
And cushions set in a row,
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
And silken carpets spread.
And carpets spread out.
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
And the earth, how it is spread ?
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
You are not a watcher over them;
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
Lo! unto Us is their return
Surely to Us is their turning back,
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
And Ours their reckoning.
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.