The Overwhelming

سورة الغاشـيـة

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