088. The Overwhelming – Al-Ghaashiya

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴿٠﴾
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ ﴿١﴾
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ ﴿٢﴾
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ ﴿٣﴾
Laboring, toiling,
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً ﴿٤﴾
Entering into burning fire,
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ ﴿٥﴾
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ ﴿٦﴾
They shall have no food but of thorns,
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ ﴿٧﴾
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ ﴿٨﴾
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ﴿٩﴾
Well-pleased because of their striving,
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ﴿١٠﴾
In a lofty garden,
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً ﴿١١﴾
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ ﴿١٢﴾
Therein is a fountain flowing,
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ ﴿١٣﴾
Therein are thrones raised high,
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ ﴿١٤﴾
And drinking-cups ready placed,
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ ﴿١٥﴾
And cushions set in a row,
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ ﴿١٦﴾
And carpets spread out.
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ ﴿١٧﴾
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ ﴿١٨﴾
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ ﴿١٩﴾
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ ﴿٢٠﴾
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ ﴿٢١﴾
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ ﴿٢٢﴾
You are not a watcher over them;
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ﴿٢٣﴾
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ ﴿٢٤﴾
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ ﴿٢٥﴾
Surely to Us is their turning back,
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم ﴿٢٦﴾
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.