Al-Ghashiyah

hal atāka ḥadīthu l-ghāshiyati

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

wujūhun yawma-idhin khāshiʿatun

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

ʿāmilatun nāṣibatun

Working [hard] and exhausted.

taṣlā nāran ḥāmiyatan

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

tus'qā min ʿaynin āniyatin

They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

laysa lahum ṭaʿāmun illā min ḍarīʿin

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

lā yus'minu walā yugh'nī min jūʿin

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

wujūhun yawma-idhin nāʿimatun

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

lisaʿyihā rāḍiyatun

With their effort [they are] satisfied

fī jannatin ʿāliyatin

In an elevated garden,

lā tasmaʿu fīhā lāghiyatan

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

fīhā ʿaynun jāriyatun

Within it is a flowing spring.

fīhā sururun marfūʿatun

Within it are couches raised high

wa-akwābun mawḍūʿatun

And cups put in place

wanamāriqu maṣfūfatun

And cushions lined up

wazarābiyyu mabthūthatun

And carpets spread around.

afalā yanẓurūna ilā l-ibili kayfa khuliqat

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

wa-ilā l-samāi kayfa rufiʿat

And at the sky - how it is raised?

wa-ilā l-jibāli kayfa nuṣibat

And at the mountains - how they are erected?

wa-ilā l-arḍi kayfa suṭiḥat

And at the earth - how it is spread out?

fadhakkir innamā anta mudhakkirun

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

lasta ʿalayhim bimuṣayṭirin

You are not over them a controller.

illā man tawallā wakafara

However, he who turns away and disbelieves

fayuʿadhibuhu l-lahu l-ʿadhāba l-akbara

Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

inna ilaynā iyābahum

Indeed, to Us is their return.

thumma inna ʿalaynā ḥisābahum

Then indeed, upon Us is their account.