88. Al-Ghashiyah

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ

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

hal atāka ḥadīthu l-ghāshiyati

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ

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

wujūhun yawma-idhin khāshiʿatun

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

Working [hard] and exhausted.1

ʿāmilatun nāṣibatun

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

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

taṣlā nāran ḥāmiyatan

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

tus'qā min ʿaynin āniyatin

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

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

laysa lahum ṭaʿāmun illā min ḍarīʿin

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

lā yus'minu walā yugh'nī min jūʿin

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

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

wujūhun yawma-idhin nāʿimatun

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

With their effort [they are] satisfied

lisaʿyihā rāḍiyatun

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

In an elevated garden,

fī jannatin ʿāliyatin

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.1

lā tasmaʿu fīhā lāghiyatan

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

Within it is a flowing spring.

fīhā ʿaynun jāriyatun

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

Within it are couches raised high

fīhā sururun marfūʿatun

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

And cups put in place

wa-akwābun mawḍūʿatun

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

And cushions lined up

wanamāriqu maṣfūfatun

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

And carpets spread around.

wazarābiyyu mabthūthatun

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

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

afalā yanẓurūna ilā l-ibili kayfa khuliqat

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

And at the sky - how it is raised?

wa-ilā l-samāi kayfa rufiʿat

وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

And at the mountains - how they are erected?

wa-ilā l-jibāli kayfa nuṣibat

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

And at the earth - how it is spread out?

wa-ilā l-arḍi kayfa suṭiḥat

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

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

fadhakkir innamā anta mudhakkirun

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

You are not over them a controller.

lasta ʿalayhim bimuṣayṭirin

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

However, he who turns away and disbelieves

illā man tawallā wakafara

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

fayuʿadhibuhu l-lahu l-ʿadhāba l-akbara

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

Indeed, to Us is their return.

inna ilaynā iyābahum

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

thumma inna ʿalaynā ḥisābahum