Surah Al-Ghaashiya

هَلْأَتَىٰكَحَدِيثُٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ

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

وُجُوهٌۭيَوْمَئِذٍخَٰشِعَةٌ

Some faces will on that Day be downcast,

عَامِلَةٌۭنَّاصِبَةٌۭ

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

تَصْلَىٰنَارًاحَامِيَةًۭ

about to enter a glowing fire,

تُسْقَىٰمِنْعَيْنٍءَانِيَةٍۢ

given to drink from a boiling spring.

لَّيْسَلَهُمْطَعَامٌإِلَّامِنضَرِيعٍۢ

No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns,

لَّايُسْمِنُوَلَايُغْنِىمِنجُوعٍۢ

which gives no strength and neither stills hunger.

وُجُوهٌۭيَوْمَئِذٍۢنَّاعِمَةٌۭ

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

لِّسَعْيِهَارَاضِيَةٌۭ

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

فِىجَنَّةٍعَالِيَةٍۢ

in a garden sublime,

لَّاتَسْمَعُفِيهَالَٰغِيَةًۭ

wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk.

فِيهَاعَيْنٌۭجَارِيَةٌۭ

Countless springs will flow therein,

فِيهَاسُرُرٌۭمَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ

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

وَأَكْوَابٌۭمَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ

and goblets placed ready,

وَنَمَارِقُمَصْفُوفَةٌۭ

and cushions ranged,

وَزَرَابِىُّمَبْثُوثَةٌ

and carpets spread out…

أَفَلَايَنظُرُونَإِلَىٱلْإِبِلِكَيْفَخُلِقَتْ

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

وَإِلَىٱلسَّمَآءِكَيْفَرُفِعَتْ

And at the sky, how it is raised aloft?

وَإِلَىٱلْجِبَالِكَيْفَنُصِبَتْ

And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared?

وَإِلَىٱلْأَرْضِكَيْفَسُطِحَتْ

And at the earth, how it is spread out?