88Al-Ghaashiya

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

Has the news of the overwhelming event reached you?

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear,

عَامِلَةٌ نَاصِبَةٌ

be toiling and worn-out;

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

they shall burn in a Scorching Fire;

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

their drink shall be from a boiling spring.

لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيعٍ

They shall have no food except bitter dry thorns

لَا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنْ جُوعٍ

that will neither nourish nor satisfy their hunger.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاعِمَةٌ

On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy,

لِسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

well-pleased with their striving.

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

They will be in a lofty Garden

لَا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

wherein they shall hear no vain talk.

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

In it there shall be a flowing spring,

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ

and couches raised high,

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ

and goblets laid out,

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

and cushions arrayed in rows,

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

and rich carpets levelled out.

أَفَلَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

Do (these unbelievers) not observe the camels: how they were created?

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

And the sky: 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

So render good counsel, for you are simply required to counsel,

لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

and are not invested with the authority to compel them.

إِلَّا مَنْ تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

But whoever will turn away (from the Truth),

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

Allah will chastise him with the most terrible chastisement.

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ

Surely to Us is their return;

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ

and then it is for Us to call them to account.