AL GHASHIYAH (THE OVERWHELMING EVENT)
(Revealed at Mecca – contains 26 verses – 1 section)
Allah – beginning with the name of – the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
| AYAT | TRANSLATION |
|---|---|
| 1 | هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ |
| Certainly the news of the calamity that will overwhelm has come to you! | |
| 2 | وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ |
| Many a face will be disgraced on that day. | |
| 3 | عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ |
| Labouring, striving hard. | |
| 4 | تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً |
| (Yet) Going into the blazing fire. | |
| 5 | تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ |
| Made to drink water from the boiling hot spring. | |
| 6 | لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ |
| There is no food for them except thorns of fire. | |
| 7 | لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ |
| Which neither give strength nor satisfy the hunger. | |
| 8 | وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ |
| Many a face will be in serenity on that day. | |
| 9 | لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ |
| Rejoicing over their efforts. | |
| 10 | فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ |
| In a high Garden. | |
| 11 | لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً |
| In which they will not hear any lewd speech. | |
| 12 | فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ |
| In it is a flowing spring. | |
| 13 | فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ |
| In which are high thrones. | |
| 14 | وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ |
| And chosen goblets. | |
| 15 | وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ |
| And arranged carpets. | |
| 16 | وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ |
| And linen spread out. | |
| 17 | أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ |
| So do they not see the camel – how it has been created? | |
| 18 | وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ |
| And the heaven – how it has been raised? | |
| 19 | وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ |
| And the mountains – how they have been established? | |
| 20 | وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ |
| And the earth – how it has been spread out? | |
| 21 | فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ |
| Therefore advise; indeed you are a proclaimer of advice. (The Holy Prophet is a Remembrance from Allah.) | |
| 22 | لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ |
| You are not at all a guardian over them. | |
| 23 | إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ |
| Except whoever turns away and disbelieves – | |
| 24 | فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ |
| So Allah will mete out to him the greatest punishment. | |
| 25 | إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ |
| Indeed only towards Us is their return | |
| 26 | ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم |
| Then indeed only upon Us is their reckoning. | |