Al Gashiya

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

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

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

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

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

3 Toiling, weary,

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

4 Scorched by burning fire,

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

9 Glad for their effort past,

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

10 In a high Garden

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

13 Wherein are couches raised

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

14 And goblets set at hand

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

15 And cushions ranged

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

16 And silken carpets spread.

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

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

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

26 And Ours their reckoning.