Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
Working [hard] and exhausted.
عاملة ناصبة
AAamilatun nasibatun
Toiling, weary,
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
تصلى نارا حامية
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Scorched by burning fire,
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
تسقى من عين آنية
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
Drinking from a boiling spring,
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
In that day other faces will be calm,
With their effort [they are] satisfied
لسعيها راضية
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
Glad for their effort past,
In an elevated garden,
في جنة عالية
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a high Garden
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Where they hear no idle speech,
Within it is a flowing spring.
فيها عين جارية
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Within it are couches raised high
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Wherein are couches raised
And cups put in place
وأكواب موضوعة
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And goblets set at hand
And cushions lined up
ونمارق مصفوفة
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And cushions ranged
And carpets spread around.
وزرابي مبثوثة
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
And silken carpets spread.
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
أفلا ينظرون إلى الإبل كيف خلقت
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
And at the sky - how it is raised?
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
And the earth, how it is spread ?
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
You are not over them a controller.
لست عليهم بمصيطر
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
إلا من تولى وكفر
Illa man tawalla wakafara
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Indeed, to Us is their return.
إن إلينا إيابهم
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Lo! unto Us is their return
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
And Ours their reckoning.