Al-Ghaashiya

Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

Hal 'Atāka Ĥadīthu Al-Ghāshiyahi

Did you receive the account of the Enveloper

Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

Wujūhun Yawma'idhin Khāshi`ahun

Some faces on that day will be humbled

AAamilatun nasibatun

Āmilatun Nāşibahun

wrought-up and weary

Tasla naran hamiyatan

Taşlá Nārāan Ĥāmiyahan

they will enter a scorching fire

Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

Tusqá Min `Aynin 'Āniyahin

and made to drink from a boiling spring

Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

Laysa Lahum Ţa`āmun 'Illā Min Đarī`in

They will have no food except cactus

La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

Lā Yusminu Wa Lā Yughnī Min Jū`in

neither nourishing, nor of avail against hunger

Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

Wujūhun Yawma'idhin Nā`imahun

Some faces on that day will be joyous

LisaAAyiha radiyatun

Lisa`yihā Rāđiyahun

pleased with their endeavour

Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

Fī Jannatin `Āliyahin

in a lofty garden

La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

Lā Tasma`u Fīhā Lāghiyahan

where they will not hear any vain talk

Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

Fīhā `Aynun Jāriyahun

In it is a flowing spring

Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

Fīhā Sururun Marfū`ahun

and raised couches

Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

Wa 'Akwābun Mawđū`ahun

with goblets set

Wanamariqu masfoofatun

Wa Namāriqu Maşfūfahun

and cushions laid out in an array

Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

Wa Zarābīyu Mabthūthahun

and carpets spread out

Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

Afalā Yanžurūna 'Ilá Al-'Ibili Kayfa Khuliqat

Do they not observe the camel, [to see] how it has been created

Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

Wa 'Ilá As-Samā'i Kayfa Rufi`at

and the sky, how it has been raised

Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

Wa 'Ilá Al-Jibāli Kayfa Nuşibat

and the mountains, how they have been set

Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

Wa 'Ilá Al-'Arđi Kayfa Suţiĥat

and the earth, how it has been surfaced

Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

Fadhakkir 'Innamā 'Anta Mudhakkirun

So admonish—for you are only an admonisher

Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

Lasta `Alayhim Bimusayţirin

and not a taskmaster over them—

Illa man tawalla wakafara

Illā Man Tawallá Wa Kafara

except him who turns back and disbelieves

FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

Fayu`adhibuhu Allāhu Al-`Adhāba Al-'Akbara

Him Allah will punish with the greatest punishment

Inna ilayna iyabahum

Inna 'Ilaynā 'Īābahum

Indeed to Us will be their return

Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

Thumma 'Inna `Alaynā Ĥisābahum

Then, indeed, their reckoning will lie with Us