Al-Ghâshiyah

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ ١

Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ ٢

On that day (many) faces will be downcast,

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ ٣

Toiling, weary,

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً ٤

Scorched by burning fire,

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ ٥

Drinking from a boiling spring,

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ ٦

No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ ٧

Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ ٨

In that day other faces will be calm,

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ٩

Glad for their effort past,

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ١٠

In a high Garden

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً ١١

Where they hear no idle speech,

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ ١٢

Wherein is a gushing spring,

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ ١٣

Wherein are couches raised

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ ١٤

And goblets set at hand

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ ١٥

And cushions ranged

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ ١٦

And silken carpets spread.

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ ١٧

Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ ١٨

And the heaven, how it is raised ?

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ ١٩

And the hills, how they are set up ?

وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ ٢٠

And the earth, how it is spread ?