Surah 88
سُورَةُ الغَاشِيَةِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ
hal ˈatāka ḥadīṯu l-ġāšiyati
Did you receive the account of the Enveloper?
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ
wuǧūhun yawmaˈiḏin ḫāšiʿatun
Some faces on that day will be humbled,
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
ʿāmilatun nāṣibatun
wrought-up and weary:
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
taṣlā nāran ḥāmiyatan
they will enter a scorching fire
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
tusqā min ʿaynin ˈāniyatin
and made to drink from a boiling spring.
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
laysa lahum ṭaʿāmun ˈillā min ḍarīʿin
They will have no food except cactus,
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
lā yusminu wa-lā yuġnī min ǧūʿin
neither nourishing, nor of avail against hunger.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
wuǧūhun yawmaˈiḏin nāʿimatun
Some faces on that day will be joyous,
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
li-saʿyihā rāḍiyatun
pleased with their endeavour,
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
fī ǧannatin ʿāliyatin
in a lofty garden,
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً
lā tasmaʿu fīhā lāġiyatan
where they will not hear any vain talk.
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
fīhā ʿaynun ǧāriyatun
In it is a flowing spring
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
fīhā sururun marfūʿatun
and raised couches,
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
wa-ˈakwābun mawḍūʿatun
with goblets set,
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
wa-namāriqu maṣfūfatun
and cushions laid out in an array,
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
wa-zarābiyyu mabṯūṯatun
and carpets spread out.
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
ˈa-fa-lā yanẓurūna ˈilā l-ˈibili kayfa ḫuliqat
Do they not observe the camel, [to see] how it has been created?
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
wa-ˈilā s-samāˈi kayfa rufiʿat
and the sky, how it has been raised?
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
wa-ˈilā l-ǧibāli kayfa nuṣibat
and the mountains, how they have been set?
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
wa-ˈilā l-ˈarḍi kayfa suṭiḥat
and the earth, how it has been surfaced?
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
fa-ḏakkir ˈinnamā ˈanta muḏakkirun
So admonish—for you are only an admonisher,
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
lasta ʿalayhim bi-muṣayṭirin
and not a taskmaster over them—
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
ˈillā man tawallā wa-kafara
except him who turns back and disbelieves.
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
fa-yuʿaḏḏibuhu llāhu l-ʿaḏāba l-ˈakbara
Him Allah will punish with the greatest punishment.
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
ˈinna ˈilaynā ˈiyābahum
Indeed to Us will be their return.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
ṯumma ˈinna ʿalaynā ḥisābahum
Then, indeed, their reckoning will lie with Us.
English translation: Ali Quli Qarai.