بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
HAS NEWS OF the Overpowering Event reached you?
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
Many faces will be contrite on that day,
عَامِلَةٌ نَاصِبَةٌ
Labouring, wearied out,
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Burning in the scorching fire,
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
Given water from the boiling spring to drink.
لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيعٍ
They will have no food except bitter thorn,
لَا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنْ جُوعٍ
Neither nourishing nor banishing hunger.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاعِمَةٌ
Many faces will be joyous on that day,
لِسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
Well-pleased with their endeavour,
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
In the high empyrean,
لَا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
Never hearing idle talk.
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
There is a stream of running water in it;
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ
And within it are couches placed on high,
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ
Goblets set,
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
Cushions arranged,
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
And rich carpets spread.
أَفَلَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Do they not then ponder how the clouds were formed;
وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And the heavens, how it was raised high;
وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And the mountains, how they were fixed;
وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
And the earth, how it was spread out?
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Remind them; you are surely a reminder.
لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
You are not a warden over them,
إِلَّا مَنْ تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Other than him who turns his back and denies,
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
In which case he will be punished by God with the severest punishment.
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
To Us is surely their returning;
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ
Ours is surely then to reckon with them.