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Surah The Overwhelming [Al-Ghashiya] in English
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ ﴿١﴾
Have you received the news of the Enveloper?
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ ﴿٢﴾
On that Day faces shall be humbled,
عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ ﴿٣﴾
laboring, wornout,
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ ﴿٤﴾
roasting at a scorching Fire
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ ﴿٥﴾
that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain,
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ ﴿٦﴾
no food for them except thorny plants
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ ﴿٧﴾
which neither sustains, nor satisfy hunger.
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ ﴿٨﴾
(Whereas other) faces on that Day will be joyful,
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ ﴿٩﴾
well pleased with their striving,
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ ﴿١٠﴾
in a Garden on high,
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةًۭ ﴿١١﴾
where they will hear no idle talk.
فِيهَا عَيْنٌۭ جَارِيَةٌۭ ﴿١٢﴾
A gushing fountain shall be there
فِيهَا سُرُرٌۭ مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ ﴿١٣﴾
and raised couches,
وَأَكْوَابٌۭ مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ ﴿١٤﴾
and prepared goblets,
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ ﴿١٥﴾
and arranged cushions
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ ﴿١٦﴾
and outspread carpets.
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ ﴿١٧﴾
What, do they not reflect upon how the camel was created?
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ ﴿١٨﴾
And how the heaven was raised up,
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ ﴿١٩﴾
and how the mountains were firmly fixed?
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ ﴿٢٠﴾
And how the earth was outstretched?
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌۭ ﴿٢١﴾
Therefore remind, you are only a Reminder.
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ ﴿٢٢﴾
You are not charged to oversee them.
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ﴿٢٣﴾
As for those who turn their back and disbelieve,
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ ﴿٢٤﴾
Allah will punish them with the greatest punishment.
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ ﴿٢٥﴾
Indeed, to Us they shall return,
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم ﴿٢٦﴾
then upon Us shall rest their reckoning.