الغاشـيـة

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

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

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

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

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

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

3 Toiling, weary,

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

3 Working [hard] and exhausted.

4 Scorched by burning fire,

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

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

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

5 They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

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

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

7 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

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

9 Glad for their effort past,

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

9 With their effort [they are] satisfied

10 In a high Garden

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

10 In an elevated garden,

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

11 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

12 Within it is a flowing spring.

13 Wherein are couches raised

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

13 Within it are couches raised high

14 And goblets set at hand

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

14 And cups put in place

15 And cushions ranged

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

15 And cushions lined up

16 And silken carpets spread.

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

16 And carpets spread around.

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

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

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

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

18 And at the sky - how it is raised?

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

19 And at the mountains - how they are erected?

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

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

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

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

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

22 You are not over them a controller.

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

23 However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

24 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

25 Indeed, to Us is their return.

26 And Ours their reckoning.

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

26 Then indeed, upon Us is their account.