Al-Ghaashiya

Hal ataaka hadeesul ghaashiyah

HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event?'

Wujoohuny yawma 'izin khaashi'ah

Some faces will on that Day be downcast,

'Aamilatun naasibah

toiling [under burdens of sin], worn out [by fear],

Taslaa naaran haamiyah

about to enter a glowing fire,

Tusqaa min 'aynin aaniyah

given to drink from a boiling spring.

Laisa lahum ta'aamun illaa min daree'

No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns,

Laa yusminu wa laa yughnee min joo'

which gives no strength and neither stills hunger.

Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naa'imah

[And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss,

Lisa'yihaa raadiyah

well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving,

Fee jannatin 'aaliyah

in a garden sublime,

Laa tasma'u feehaa laaghiyah

wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk.

Feehaa 'aynun jaariyah

Countless springs will flow therein,

Feehaa sururum marfoo'ah

[and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high,

Wa akwaabum mawdoo 'ah

and goblets placed ready,

Wa namaariqu masfoofah

and cushions ranged,

Wa zaraabiyyu mabsoosah

and carpets spread out…

Afalaa yanzuroona ilalibili kaifa khuliqat

DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created?

Wa ilas samaaa'i kaifa rufi'at

And at the sky, how it is raised aloft?

Wa ilal jibaali kaifa nusibat

And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared?

Wa ilal ardi kaifa sutihat

And at the earth, how it is spread out?

Fazakkir innama anta Muzakkir

And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort:

Lasta 'alaihim bimusaitir

thou canst not compel them [to believe].

Illaa man tawallaa wa kafar

However, as for him who turns away, being bent on denying the truth,

Fa yu'azzibuhul laahul 'azaabal akbar

him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come]:

Innaa ilainaaa iyaabahum

for behold, unto Us will be their return,

Summa inna 'alainaa hisaabahum

and verily, It is for Us to call them to account.