الغاشية
Al-Ghashiyah
The Overwhelming
1 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 001
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ
Has there come to you the story of the Overwhelming Event?
2 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 002
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
On that Day, some faces will be humiliated,
3 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 003
عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ
overburdened and weary[1],
[1] They will be burdened with the heavy shackles in the Hereafter, or they performed deeds in their worldly life which were bereft of faith or not done for the sake of Allah.
4 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 004
تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ
as they burn in a scorching Fire.
5 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 005
تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ
They will be made to drink from a boiling spring,
6 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 006
لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ
and they will have no food except bitter thorny plants,
7 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 007
لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ
that neither nourishes nor satisfies hunger.
8 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 008
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ
Other faces on that Day will be joyful,
9 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 009
لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ
well-pleased with their past striving,
10 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 010
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ
in an elevated garden,
11 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 011
لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ
wherein no idle talk will be heard[2].
[2] Rather than an insult, falsehood, immorality, etc.
12 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 012
فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ
There will be a flowing spring;
13 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 013
فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ
and couches raised high,
14 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 014
وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ
and cups placed ready,
15 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 015
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ
and cushions lined up,
16 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 016
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ
and splendid carpets spread out.
17 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 017
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ
Do they not reflect on the camel, how it is created;
18 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 018
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ
and the sky, how it is raised high;
19 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 019
وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ
and the mountains, how they are firmly set up;
20 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 020
وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ
and the earth, how it is spread out?
21 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 021
فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ
So remind [O Prophet]; your duty is only to remind;
22 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 022
لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ
you are not assigned to compel them.
23 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 023
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
But whoever turns away and disbelieves,
24 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 024
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ
Allah will inflict upon him the greatest punishment[3].
[3] i.e., the greatest punishment is the Hellfire. The minor punishment includes disasters in worldly life and grave punishment.
25 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 025
إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ
Indeed, to Us is their return,
26 - Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) - 026
