Chapter 88, 26 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Toiling, weary,
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Scorched by burning fire,
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Drinking from a boiling spring,
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
In that day other faces will be calm,
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
With their effort [they are] satisfied
Glad for their effort past,
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
In an elevated garden,
In a high Garden
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Where they hear no idle speech,
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Within it is a flowing spring.
Wherein is a gushing spring,
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Within it are couches raised high
Wherein are couches raised
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cups put in place
And goblets set at hand
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And cushions lined up
And cushions ranged
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
And carpets spread around.
And silken carpets spread.
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And at the sky - how it is raised?
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
And the hills, how they are set up ?
وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
And the earth, how it is spread ?
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
You are not over them a controller.
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Lo! unto Us is their return
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
And Ours their reckoning.