Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Laboring, toiling,
عاملة ناصبة
Labouring (hard), weary, -
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Entering into burning fire,
تصلى نارا حامية
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Made to 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
They shall have no food but of thorns,
ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
With their effort [they are] satisfied
Well - pleased because of their striving,
لسعيها راضية
Pleased with their striving, -
In an elevated garden,
In a lofty garden,
في جنة عالية
In a Garden on high,
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
Within it is a flowing spring.
Therein is a fountain flowing,
فيها عين جارية
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Within it are couches raised high
Therein are thrones raised high,
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
And cups put in place
And drinking - cups ready placed,
وأكواب موضوعة
Goblets placed (ready),
And cushions lined up
And cushions set in a row,
ونمارق مصفوفة
And cushions set in rows,
And carpets spread around.
And carpets spread out.
وزرابي مبثوثة
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
Will they not then consider 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?
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Therefore do remind, for 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.
You are not a watcher over them;
لست عليهم بمصيطر
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
إلا من تولى وكفر
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Surely to Us is their turning back,
إن إلينا إيابهم
For to Us will be their return;
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.