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 there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Toiling, weary,
Working [hard] and exhausted.
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Scorched by burning fire,
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
Drinking from a boiling spring,
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
In that day other faces will be calm,
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
Glad for their effort past,
With their effort [they are] satisfied
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
In a high Garden
In an elevated garden,
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
Where they hear no idle speech,
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Within it is a flowing spring.
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Wherein are couches raised
Within it are couches raised high
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And goblets set at hand
And cups put in place
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And cushions ranged
And cushions lined up
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
And silken carpets spread.
And carpets spread around.
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
And at the sky - how it is raised?
وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
And the earth, how it is spread ?
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
You are not over them a controller.
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
Lo! unto Us is their return
Indeed, to Us is their return.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
And Ours their reckoning.
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.