Al-Ghaashiya

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

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

hal atāka ḥadīthu l-ghāshiyati

On that Day, there will be downcast faces,

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

wujūhun yawma-idhin khāshiʿatun

toiling and weary,

عَامِلَةٌ نَاصِبَةٌ

ʿāmilatun nāṣibatun

as they enter the blazing Fire

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

taṣlā nāran ḥāmiyatan

and are forced to drink from a boiling spring,

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

tus'qā min ʿaynin āniyatin

with no food for them except bitter dry thorns

لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيعٍ

laysa lahum ṭaʿāmun illā min ḍarīʿin

that neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.

لَا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنْ جُوعٍ

lā yus'minu walā yugh'nī min jūʿin

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

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاعِمَةٌ

wujūhun yawma-idhin nāʿimatun

well pleased with their labour,

لِسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

lisaʿyihā rāḍiyatun

in a lofty garden,

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

fī jannatin ʿāliyatin

where they will hear no idle talk,

لَا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

lā tasmaʿu fīhā lāghiyatan

with a flowing spring,

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

fīhā ʿaynun jāriyatun

raised couches,

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ

fīhā sururun marfūʿatun

goblets placed before them,

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ

wa-akwābun mawḍūʿatun

cushions set in rows,

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

wanamāriqu maṣfūfatun

and carpets spread.

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

wazarābiyyu mabthūthatun

Do the disbelievers not see how rain clouds are formed

أَفَلَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

afalā yanẓurūna ilā l-ibili kayfa khuliqat

how the heavens are lifted,

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

wa-ilā l-samāi kayfa rufiʿat

how the mountains are raised high,

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

wa-ilā l-jibāli kayfa nuṣibat

how the earth is spread out?

وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

wa-ilā l-arḍi kayfa suṭiḥat

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

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

fadhakkir innamā anta mudhakkirun

you are not there to control them.

لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

lasta ʿalayhim bimuṣayṭirin

As for those who turn away and disbelieve,

إِلَّا مَنْ تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

illā man tawallā wakafara

God will inflict the greatest torment upon them.

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

fayuʿadhibuhu l-lahu l-ʿadhāba l-akbara

It is to Us they will return,

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ

inna ilaynā iyābahum

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

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ

thumma inna ʿalaynā ḥisābahum