Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Working [hard] and exhausted.
AAamilatun nasibatun
Laboring, toiling,
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Entering into burning fire,
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
They shall have no food but of thorns,
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
With their effort [they are] satisfied
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
Well - pleased because of their striving,
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
In an elevated garden,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a lofty garden,
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Within it is a flowing spring.
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Therein is a fountain flowing,
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Within it are couches raised high
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Therein are thrones raised high,
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
And cups put in place
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And drinking - cups ready placed,
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cushions lined up
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And cushions set in a row,
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And carpets spread around.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
And carpets spread out.
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
And at the sky - how it is raised?
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
You are not over them a controller.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
You are not a watcher over them;
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
Illa man tawalla wakafara
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Surely to Us is their turning back,
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم