الغاشـيـة

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

1 Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

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

2 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

3 Toiling, weary,

3 Labouring (hard), weary, -

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

4 Scorched by burning fire,

4 The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

5 The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

6 No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

7 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

8 (Other) faces that Day will be joyful,

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

9 Glad for their effort past,

9 Pleased with their striving, -

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

10 In a high Garden

10 In a Garden on high,

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

11 Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

12 Therein will be a bubbling spring:

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

13 Wherein are couches raised

13 Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

14 And goblets set at hand

14 Goblets placed (ready),

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

15 And cushions ranged

15 And cushions set in rows,

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

16 And silken carpets spread.

16 And rich carpets (all) spread out.

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

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

17 Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

18 And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

19 And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

20 And at the Earth, how it is spread out?

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

21 Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

22 Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

23 But if any turn away and reject Allah, -

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

24 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

25 For to Us will be their return;

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

26 And Ours their reckoning.

26 Then it will be for Us to call them to account.

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum