الغاشـيـة

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

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)?

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

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

2 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

3 Toiling, weary,

3 Labouring (hard), weary, -

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

4 Scorched by burning fire,

4 The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

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

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

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

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

7 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

8 (Other) faces that Day will be joyful,

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

9 Glad for their effort past,

9 Pleased with their striving, -

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

10 In a high Garden

10 In a Garden on high,

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

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

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

12 Therein will be a bubbling spring:

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

13 Wherein are couches raised

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

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

14 And goblets set at hand

14 Goblets placed (ready),

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

15 And cushions ranged

15 And cushions set in rows,

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

16 And silken carpets spread.

16 And rich carpets (all) spread out.

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

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

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

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

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

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

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

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

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

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

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

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

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

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

23 But if any turn away and reject Allah, -

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

24 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

25 For to Us will be their return;

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

26 And Ours their reckoning.

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