Surah Ghashiyah — The Overwhelming

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ 88:1

Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyat

Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming?

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ 88:2

Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAa

On that day (many) faces will be downcast,

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ 88:3

AAamilatun nasiba

Toiling, weary,

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً 88:4

Tasla naran hamiya

Scorched by burning fire,

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ 88:5

Tusqa min AAaynin aniya

Drinking from a boiling spring,

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ 88:6

Laysa lahum taAAamun illamin dareeAA

No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ 88:7

La yusminu wala yughnee minjooAA

Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ 88:8

Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAima

In that day other faces will be calm,

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ 88:9

LisaAAyiha radiya

Glad for their effort past,

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ 88:10

Fee jannatin AAaliya

In a high Garden

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً 88:11

La tasmaAAu feeha laghiya

Where they hear no idle speech,

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ 88:12

Feeha AAaynun jariya

Wherein is a gushing spring,

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ 88:13

Feeha sururun marfooAAa

Wherein are couches raised

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ 88:14

Waakwabun mawdooAAa

And goblets set at hand

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ 88:15

Wanamariqu masfoofa

And cushions ranged

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ 88:16

Wazarabiyyu mabthootha

And silken carpets spread.

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ 88:17

Afala yanthuroona ilaal-ibili kayfa khuliqat

Will they not regard the camels, how they are created?

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ 88:18

Wa-ila assama-i kayfarufiAAat

And the heaven, how it is raised?

وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ 88:19

Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat

And the hills, how they are set up?

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ 88:20

Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat

And the earth, how it is spread?

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ 88:21

Fathakkir innama anta muthakkir

Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ 88:22

Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytir

Thou art not at all a warder over them.

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ 88:23

Illa man tawalla wakafar

But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ 88:24

FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathabaal-akbar

Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ 88:25

Inna ilayna iyabahum

Lo! unto Us is their return

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم 88:26

Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

And Ours their reckoning.