Al-Ghaashiya

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ

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

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ

On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

burning in a scorching Fire

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

left to drink from a scalding spring.

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

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

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

˹fully˺ pleased with their striving

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

in an elevated Garden

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً

where no idle talk will be heard.

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

In it will be a running spring

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

along with thrones raised high

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

and cups set at hand

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out.

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

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

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺;

وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

and the mountains—how they were firmly set up;

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

and the earth—how it was levelled out?

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

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

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

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

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment.

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

Surely to Us is their return

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

then surely with Us is their reckoning.