الغاشية
Al-Ghaashiya
The Overwhelming
Meccan - 26 verses
1
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ ۝١
Did you receive the account of the Enveloper?
2
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ ۝٢
Some faces on that day will be humbled,
3
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ ۝٣
wrought-up and weary:
4
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً ۝٤
they will enter a scorching fire
5
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ ۝٥
and made to drink from a boiling spring.
6
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ ۝٦
They will have no food except cactus,
7
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ ۝٧
neither nourishing, nor of avail against hunger.
8
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ ۝٨
Some faces on that day will be joyous,
9
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ۝٩
pleased with their endeavour,
10
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ۝١٠
in a lofty garden,
11
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً ۝١١
where they will not hear any vain talk.
12
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ ۝١٢
In it is a flowing spring
13
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ ۝١٣
and raised couches,
14
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ ۝١٤
with goblets set,
15
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ ۝١٥
and cushions laid out in an array,
16
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ ۝١٦
and carpets spread out.
17
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ ۝١٧
Do they not observe the camel, [to see] how it has been created?
18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ ۝١٨
and the sky, how it has been raised?
19
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ ۝١٩
and the mountains, how they have been set?
20
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ ۝٢٠
and the earth, how it has been surfaced?
21
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ ۝٢١
So admonish—for you are only an admonisher,
22
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ ۝٢٢
and not a taskmaster over them—
23
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ۝٢٣
except him who turns back and disbelieves.
24
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ ۝٢٤
Him Allah will punish with the greatest punishment.
25
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ ۝٢٥
Indeed to Us will be their return.
26
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم ۝٢٦
Then, indeed, their reckoning will lie with Us.