هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ

Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺?

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ

On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast,

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted,

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

burning in a scorching Fire,

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

left to drink from a scalding spring.

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub,

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss,

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

˹fully˺ pleased with their striving,

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

in an elevated Garden,

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً

where no idle talk will be heard.

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

In it will be a running spring,

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

along with thrones raised high,

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

and cups set at hand,

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up,

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out.

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created;

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺;

وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

and the mountains—how they were firmly set up;

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

and the earth—how it was levelled out?

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

So, ˹continue to˺ remind ˹them, O Prophet˺, for your duty is only to remind.

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

You are not ˹there˺ to compel them ˹to believe˺.

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief,

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment.

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

Surely to Us is their return,

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

then surely with Us is their reckoning.