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