Al Gashiya

1 Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

1 Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?

2 [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

2 (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,

3 Working [hard] and exhausted.

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

3 Laboring, toiling,

4 They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

4 Entering into burning fire,

5 They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

6 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

7 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

8 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

8 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy,

9 With their effort [they are] satisfied

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

10 In an elevated garden,

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

10 In a lofty garden,

11 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

12 Within it is a flowing spring.

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

13 Within it are couches raised high

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

14 And cups put in place

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

15 And cushions lined up

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

15 And cushions set in a row,

16 And carpets spread around.

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

16 And carpets spread out.

17 Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

17 Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?

18 And at the sky - how it is raised?

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

19 And at the mountains - how they are erected?

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

20 And at the earth - how it is spread out?

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

20 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?

21 So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

21 Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.

22 You are not over them a controller.

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

22 You are not a watcher over them;

23 However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

24 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

25 Indeed, to Us is their return.

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

26 Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

26 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.