আল গাশিয়াহ

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

1 Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

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

2 (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

3 Working [hard] and exhausted.

3 Laboring, toiling,

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

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

4 Entering into burning fire,

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

5 They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

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

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

7 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

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

8 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy,

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

9 With their effort [they are] satisfied

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

10 In an elevated garden,

10 In a lofty garden,

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

11 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

12 Within it is a flowing spring.

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

13 Within it are couches raised high

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

14 And cups put in place

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

15 And cushions lined up

15 And cushions set in a row,

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

16 And carpets spread around.

16 And carpets spread out.

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

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

17 Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

18 And at the sky - how it is raised?

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

19 And at the mountains - how they are erected?

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

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

20 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

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

21 Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

22 You are not over them a controller.

22 You are not a watcher over them;

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

23 However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

24 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

25 Indeed, to Us is their return.

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

26 Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

26 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum