سُورَةُ الغَاشِيَةِ

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِیثُ ٱلۡغَـٰشِیَةِ (۱)

HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event?'

وُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ (۲)

Some faces will on that Day be downcast,

عَامِلَةࣱ نَّاصِبَةࣱ (۳)

toiling [under burdens of sin], worn out [by fear],

تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِیَةࣰ (۴)

about to enter a glowing fire,

تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَیۡنٍ ءَانِیَةࣲ (۵)

given to drink from a boiling spring.

لَّیۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِیعࣲ (۶)

No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns,

لَّا یُسۡمِنُ وَلَا یُغۡنِی مِن جُوعࣲ (۷)

which gives no strength and neither stills hunger.

وُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ نَّاعِمَةࣱ (۸)

[And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss,

لِّسَعۡیِهَا رَاضِیَةࣱ (۹)

well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving,

فِی جَنَّةٍ عَالِیَةࣲ (۱۰)

in a garden sublime,

لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِیهَا لَـٰغِیَةࣰ (۱۱)

wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk.

فِیهَا عَیۡنࣱ جَارِیَةࣱ (۱۲)

Countless springs will flow therein,

فِیهَا سُرُرࣱ مَّرۡفُوعَةࣱ (۱۳)

[and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high,

وَأَكۡوَابࣱ مَّوۡضُوعَةࣱ (۱۴)

and goblets placed ready,

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةࣱ (۱۵)

and cushions ranged,

وَزَرَابِیُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ (۱۶)

and carpets spread out…

أَفَلَا یَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَیۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ (۱۷)

DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created?

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ كَیۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ (۱۸)

And at the sky, how it is raised aloft?

وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَیۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ (۱۹)

And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared?

وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَیۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ (۲۰)

And at the earth, how it is spread out?

فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَاۤ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرࣱ (۲۱)

And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort:

لَّسۡتَ عَلَیۡهِم بِمُصَیۡطِرٍ (۲۲)

thou canst not compel them [to believe].

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ (۲۳)

However, as for him who turns away, being bent on denying the truth,

فَیُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ (۲۴)

him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come]:

إِنَّ إِلَیۡنَاۤ إِیَابَهُمۡ (۲۵)

for behold, unto Us will be their return,

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَیۡنَا حِسَابَهُم (۲۶)

and verily, It is for Us to call them to account.