Chapter 88, 26 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Laboring, toiling,
Labouring (hard), weary, -
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Entering into burning fire,
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
They shall have no food but of thorns,
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
Well - pleased because of their striving,
Pleased with their striving, -
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
In a lofty garden,
In a Garden on high,
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Therein are thrones raised high,
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Goblets placed (ready),
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And cushions set in a row,
And cushions set in rows,
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
And carpets spread out.
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
You are not a watcher over them;
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
Surely to Us is their turning back,
For to Us will be their return;
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.