Al-Ghashiyah

hal atāka ḥadīthu l-ghāshiyati

Have you heard tell [Prophet] about the Overwhelming Event?

wujūhun yawma-idhin khāshiʿatun

On that Day, there will be downcast faces,

ʿāmilatun nāṣibatun

toiling and weary,

taṣlā nāran ḥāmiyatan

as they enter the blazing Fire

tus'qā min ʿaynin āniyatin

and are forced to drink from a boiling spring,

laysa lahum ṭaʿāmun illā min ḍarīʿin

with no food for them except bitter dry thorns

lā yus'minu walā yugh'nī min jūʿin

that neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.

wujūhun yawma-idhin nāʿimatun

On that Day there will also be faces radiant with bliss,

lisaʿyihā rāḍiyatun

well pleased with their labour,

fī jannatin ʿāliyatin

in a lofty garden,

lā tasmaʿu fīhā lāghiyatan

where they will hear no idle talk,

fīhā ʿaynun jāriyatun

with a flowing spring,

fīhā sururun marfūʿatun

raised couches,

wa-akwābun mawḍūʿatun

goblets placed before them,

wanamāriqu maṣfūfatun

cushions set in rows,

wazarābiyyu mabthūthatun

and carpets spread.

afalā yanẓurūna ilā l-ibili kayfa khuliqat

Do the disbelievers not see how rain clouds are formed

wa-ilā l-samāi kayfa rufiʿat

how the heavens are lifted,

wa-ilā l-jibāli kayfa nuṣibat

how the mountains are raised high,

wa-ilā l-arḍi kayfa suṭiḥat

how the earth is spread out?

fadhakkir innamā anta mudhakkirun

So [Prophet] warn them: your only task is to give warning,

lasta ʿalayhim bimuṣayṭirin

you are not there to control them.

illā man tawallā wakafara

As for those who turn away and disbelieve,

fayuʿadhibuhu l-lahu l-ʿadhāba l-akbara

God will inflict the greatest torment upon them.

inna ilaynā iyābahum

It is to Us they will return,

thumma inna ʿalaynā ḥisābahum

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