Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
Working [hard] and exhausted.
عاملة ناصبة
Labouring (hard), weary, -
AAamilatun nasibatun
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
تصلى نارا حامية
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
Tasla naran hamiyatan
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
تسقى من عين آنية
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
With their effort [they are] satisfied
لسعيها راضية
Pleased with their striving, -
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
In an elevated garden,
في جنة عالية
In a Garden on high,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Within it is a flowing spring.
فيها عين جارية
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Within it are couches raised high
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
And cups put in place
وأكواب موضوعة
Goblets placed (ready),
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And cushions lined up
ونمارق مصفوفة
And cushions set in rows,
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And carpets spread around.
وزرابي مبثوثة
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
أفلا ينظرون إلى الإبل كيف خلقت
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
And at the sky - how it is raised?
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
You are not over them a controller.
لست عليهم بمصيطر
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
إلا من تولى وكفر
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
Illa man tawalla wakafara
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Indeed, to Us is their return.
إن إلينا إيابهم
For to Us will be their return;
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum