Al-Ghashiya
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the
Merciful
Hath there come unto thee
tidings of the Overwhelming? (1)
On that day (many) faces will
be downcast, (2)
Toiling, weary, (3)
Scorched by burning fire, (4)
Drinking from a boiling
spring, (5)
No food for them save bitter
thorn-fruit (6)
Which doth not nourish nor
release from hunger. (7)
In that day other faces will
be calm, (8)
Glad for their effort past,
(9)
In a high garden (10)
Where they hear no idle
speech, (11)
Wherein is a gushing spring,
(12)
Wherein are couches raised
(13)
And goblets set at hand (14)
And cushions ranged (15)
And silken carpets spread.
(16)
Will they not regard the
camels, how they are created? (17)
And the heaven, how it is
raised? (18)
And the hills, how they are
set up? (19)
And the earth, how it is
spread? (20)
Remind them, for thou art but
a remembrancer, (21)
Thou art not at all a warder
over them. (22)
But whoso is averse and
disbelieveth, (23)
Allah will punish him with
direst punishment. (24)
Lo! unto Us is their return
(25)
And Ours their reckoning.
(26)