Al-Ghashiyah

هَلْ أَتَـٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ ١

Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ ٢

On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ ٣

˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً ٤

burning in a scorching Fire

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ ٥

left to drink from a scalding spring

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ ٦

They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ ٧

neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ ٨

On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ٩

˹fully˺ pleased with their striving

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ١٠

in an elevated Garden

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً ١١

where no idle talk will be heard

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ ١٢

In it will be a running spring

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ ١٣

along with thrones raised high

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ ١٤

and cups set at hand

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ ١٥

and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ ١٦

and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ ١٧

Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ ١٨

and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺

وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ ١٩

and the mountains—how they were firmly set up

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ ٢٠

and the earth—how it was levelled out

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ ٢١

So, ˹continue to˺ remind ˹all, O Prophet˺, for your duty is only to remind

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ ٢٢

You are not ˹there˺ to compel them ˹to believe˺

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ٢٣

But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ ٢٤

then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ ٢٥

Surely to Us is their return

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم ٢٦

then surely with Us is their reckoning