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