Al Gashiya

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

1 Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

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

2 [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

3 Toiling, weary,

3 Working [hard] and exhausted.

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

4 Scorched by burning fire,

4 They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

5 They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

6 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

7 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

8 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

9 Glad for their effort past,

9 With their effort [they are] satisfied

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

10 In a high Garden

10 In an elevated garden,

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

11 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

12 Within it is a flowing spring.

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

13 Wherein are couches raised

13 Within it are couches raised high

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

14 And goblets set at hand

14 And cups put in place

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

15 And cushions ranged

15 And cushions lined up

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

16 And silken carpets spread.

16 And carpets spread around.

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

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

17 Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

18 And at the sky - how it is raised?

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

19 And at the mountains - how they are erected?

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

20 And at the earth - how it is spread out?

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

21 So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

22 You are not over them a controller.

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

23 However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

24 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

25 Indeed, to Us is their return.

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

26 And Ours their reckoning.

26 Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum