Surah Al-Ghashiyah الغاشية

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ ١

Hal atāka hadīthul-ghāshiyah

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

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ ٢

Wujūhun yawma'idhin khāshi'ah

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

عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ ٣

'Āmilatun nāsibah

Working [hard] and exhausted.¹⁹¹⁰

تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ ٤

Taslā nāran hāmiyah

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

تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ ٥

Tusqā min 'aynin āniyah

They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ ٦

Llaysa lahum ta'āmun illā min darī'

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

لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ ٧

Llā yusminu walā yughnī min jū'

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ ٨

Wujūhun yawma'idhin nā'imah

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

لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ ٩

Llisa'yihā rādiyah

With their effort [they are] satisfied

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ ١٠

Fī jannatin 'āliyah

In an elevated garden,

لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ ١١

Llā tasma'u fīhā lāghiyah

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.¹⁹¹¹

فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ ١٢

Fīhā 'aynun jāriyah

Within it is a flowing spring.

فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ ١٣

Fīhā sururum marfū'ah

Within it are couches raised high

وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ ١٤

Wa akwābum mawdū'ah

And cups put in place

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ ١٥

Wanamāriqu masfūfah

And cushions lined up

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ ١٦

Wazarābiyyu mabthūthah

And carpets spread around.

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ ١٧

Afalā yanzurūna ilal-ibili kayfa khuliqat

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

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ ١٨

Wa ilas-samā'i kayfa rufi'at

And at the sky - how it is raised?

وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ ١٩

Wa ilal-jibāli kayfa nusibat

And at the mountains - how they are erected?

وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ ٢٠

Wa ilal-ardi kayfa sutihat

And at the earth - how it is spread out?

فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ ٢١

Fadhakkir innamā anta mudhakkir

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

لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ ٢٢

Llasta 'alayhim bimusaytir

You are not over them a controller.

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ٢٣

Illā man tawallā wakafar

However, he who turns away and disbelieves –

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ ٢٤

Fayu'addhibuhullāhul-'adhābal-akbar

Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ ٢٥

Inna ilaynā iyābahum

Indeed, to Us is their return.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم ٢٦

Thumma inna 'alaynā hisābahum

Then indeed, upon Us is their account.