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