The Overwhelming
سورة الغاشـيـة
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
﴿١﴾ هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
1. Has the news of the Overwhelming reached you?
﴿٢﴾ وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
2. Faces on that Day will be downcast.
﴿٣﴾ عَامِلَةٌ نَاصِبَةٌ
3. Laboring and exhausted.
﴿٤﴾ تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
4. Entering a scorching Fire.
﴿٥﴾ تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
5. Given to drink from a flaming spring.
﴿٦﴾ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيعٍ
6. They will have no food except thorns.
﴿٧﴾ لَا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنْ جُوعٍ
7. Neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.
﴿٨﴾ وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاعِمَةٌ
8. Faces on that Day will be radiant.
﴿٩﴾ لِسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
9. Satisfied with their endeavor.
﴿١٠﴾ فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
10. In a lofty Garden.
﴿١١﴾ لَا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
11. In it, you will hear no nonsense.
﴿١٢﴾ فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
12. In it, is a flowing spring.
﴿١٣﴾ فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ
13. In it, are raised beds.
﴿١٤﴾ وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ
14. And cups set in place.
﴿١٥﴾ وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
15. And cushions lined up.
﴿١٦﴾ وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
16. And carpets spread around.
﴿١٧﴾ أَفَلَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
17. Do they not look at the camels—how they are created?
﴿١٨﴾ وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
18. And at the sky—how it is raised?
﴿١٩﴾ وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
19. And at the mountains—how they are installed?
﴿٢٠﴾ وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
20. And at the earth—how it is spread out?
﴿٢١﴾ فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
21. So remind. You are only a reminder.
﴿٢٢﴾ لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
22. You have no control over them.
﴿٢٣﴾ إِلَّا مَنْ تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
23. But whoever turns away and disbelieves.
﴿٢٤﴾ فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
24. Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
﴿٢٥﴾ إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
25. To Us is their return.
﴿٢٦﴾ ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ
26. Then upon Us rests their reckoning.