Chapter 88, 26 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
Has the story reached thee 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 humiliated,
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Labouring (hard), weary, -
Toiling, weary,
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
Scorched by burning fire,
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
Drinking from a boiling spring,
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
In that day other faces will be calm,
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
Pleased with their striving, -
Glad for their effort past,
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
In a Garden on high,
In a high Garden
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
Where they hear no idle speech,
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Wherein is a gushing spring,
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
Wherein are couches raised
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
Goblets placed (ready),
And goblets set at hand
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And cushions set in rows,
And cushions ranged
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
And silken carpets spread.
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
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
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
For to Us will be their return;
Lo! unto Us is their return
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
And Ours their reckoning.