Al-Ghashiyah
The Overwhelming
26 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ
١Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
٢Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled
عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ
٣AAamilatun nasibatun
Working [hard] and exhausted
تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ
٤Tasla naran hamiyatan
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire
تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ
٥Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
They will be given drink from a boiling spring
لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ
٦Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ
٧La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ
٨Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure
لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ
٩LisaAAyiha radiyatun
With their effort [they are] satisfied
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ
١٠Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In an elevated garden
لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ
١١La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech
فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ
١٢Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Within it is a flowing spring
فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ
١٣Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Within it are couches raised high
وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ
١٤Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And cups put in place
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ
١٥Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And cushions lined up
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ
١٦Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
And carpets spread around
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ
١٧Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ
١٨Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And at the sky - how it is raised
وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ
١٩Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And at the mountains - how they are erected
وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ
٢٠Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
And at the earth - how it is spread out
فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ
٢١Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder
لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ
٢٢Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
You are not over them a controller
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
٢٣Illa man tawalla wakafara
However, he who turns away and disbelieves
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ
٢٤FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment
إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ
٢٥Inna ilayna iyabahum
Indeed, to Us is their return
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم
٢٦Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
Then indeed, upon Us is their account
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