88. Al-Ghashiyah

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ

Has the news of the overwhelming event reached you

وُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ

Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear

عَامِلَةࣱ نَّاصِبَةࣱ‏

be toiling and worn-out

تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةࣰ‏

they shall burn in a Scorching Fire

تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةࣲ‏

their drink shall be from a boiling spring

لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعࣲ‏

They shall have no food except bitter dry thorns

لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعࣲ‏

that will neither nourish nor satisfy their hunger

وُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ نَّاعِمَةࣱ‏

On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy

لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةࣱ‏

well-pleased with their striving

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةࣲ‏

They will be in a lofty Garden

لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةࣰ‏

wherein they shall hear no vain talk

فِيهَا عَيۡنࣱ جَارِيَةࣱ‏

In it there shall be a flowing spring

فِيهَا سُرُرࣱ مَّرۡفُوعَةࣱ‏

and couches raised high

وَأَكۡوَابࣱ مَّوۡضُوعَةࣱ‏

and goblets laid out

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةࣱ‏

and cushions arrayed in rows

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ

and rich carpets levelled out

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ

Do (these unbelievers) not observe the camels: how they were created

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ

And the sky: how it was raised high

وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ

And the mountains: how they were fixed

وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ

And the earth: how it was spread out

فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرࣱ‏

So render good counsel, for you are simply required to counsel

لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ

and are not invested with the authority to compel them

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

But whoever will turn away (from the Truth)

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ

Allah will chastise him with the most terrible chastisement

إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ

Surely to Us is their return

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم

and then it is for Us to call them to account