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)?
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
Working [hard] and exhausted.
عاملة ناصبة
Labouring (hard), weary, -
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
تصلى نارا حامية
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
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,
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'
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
With their effort [they are] satisfied
لسعيها راضية
Pleased with their striving, -
In an elevated garden,
في جنة عالية
In a Garden on high,
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
Within it is a flowing spring.
فيها عين جارية
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Within it are couches raised high
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
And cups put in place
وأكواب موضوعة
Goblets placed (ready),
And cushions lined up
ونمارق مصفوفة
And cushions set in rows,
And carpets spread around.
وزرابي مبثوثة
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
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? -
And at the sky - how it is raised?
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
You are not over them a controller.
لست عليهم بمصيطر
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
إلا من تولى وكفر
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
Indeed, to Us is their return.
إن إلينا إيابهم
For to Us will be their return;
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.