88. Al-Ghashiyah

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ﴿١﴾

Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ﴿٢﴾

On that day (many) faces will be downcast

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ﴿٣﴾

Toiling, weary

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً﴿٤﴾

Scorched by burning fire

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ﴿٥﴾

Drinking from a boiling spring

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ﴿٦﴾

No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ﴿٧﴾

Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ﴿٨﴾

In that day other faces will be calm

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ﴿٩﴾

Glad for their effort past

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ﴿١٠﴾

In a high Garden

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً﴿١١﴾

Where they hear no idle speech

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ﴿١٢﴾

Wherein is a gushing spring

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ﴿١٣﴾

Wherein are couches raised

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ﴿١٤﴾

And goblets set at hand

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ﴿١٥﴾

And cushions ranged

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ﴿١٦﴾

And silken carpets spread

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ﴿١٧﴾

Will they not regard the camels, how they are created

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ﴿١٨﴾

And the heaven, how it is raised

وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ﴿١٩﴾

And the hills, how they are set up

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ﴿٢٠﴾

And the earth, how it is spread

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ﴿٢١﴾

Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ﴿٢٢﴾

Thou art not at all a warder over them

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ﴿٢٣﴾

But whoso is averse and disbelieveth

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ﴿٢٤﴾

Allah will punish him with direst punishment

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ﴿٢٥﴾

Lo! unto Us is their return

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم﴿٢٦﴾

And Ours their reckoning