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Surat al-gasyiyah (Judgment Day)

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هَلْ اَتٰىكَ حَدِيْثُ الْغَاشِيَةِۗ

hal atāka ḥadīṡul-gāsyiyah

HAS NEWS OF the Overpowering Event reached you?

وُجُوْهٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ ۙ

wujụhuy yauma`iżin khāsyi'ah

Many faces will be contrite on that day

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ ۙ

'āmilatun nāṣibah

Labouring wearied out

تَصْلٰى نَارًا حَامِيَةً ۙ

taṣlā nāran ḥāmiyah

Burning in the scorching fire

تُسْقٰى مِنْ عَيْنٍ اٰنِيَةٍ ۗ

tusqā min 'ainin āniyah

Given water from the boiling spring to drink.

لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ اِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيْعٍۙ

laisa lahum ṭa'āmun illā min ḍarī'

They will have no food except bitter thorn

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِيْ مِنْ جُوْعٍۗ

lā yusminu wa lā yugnī min jụ'

Neither nourishing nor banishing hunger.

وُجُوْهٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ ۙ

wujụhuy yauma`iżin nā'imah

Many faces will be joyous on that day

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ۙ

lisa'yihā rāḍiyah

Well-pleased with their endeavour

فِيْ جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۙ

fī jannatin 'āliyah

In the high empyrean

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيْهَا لَاغِيَةً ۗ

lā tasma'u fīhā lāgiyah

Never hearing idle talk.

فِيْهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ ۘ

fīhā 'ainun jāriyah

There is a stream of running water in it;

فِيْهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوْعَةٌ ۙ

fīhā sururum marfụ'ah

And within it are couches placed on high

وَّاَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوْعَةٌ ۙ

wa akwābum mauḍụ'ah

Goblets set

وَّنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوْفَةٌ ۙ

wa namāriqu maṣfụfah

Cushions arranged

وَّزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوْثَةٌ ۗ

wa zarābiyyu mabṡụṡah

And rich carpets spread.

اَفَلَا يَنْظُرُوْنَ اِلَى الْاِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْۗ

a fa lā yanẓurụna ilal-ibili kaifa khuliqat

Do they not then ponder how the clouds were formed;

وَاِلَى السَّمَاۤءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْۗ

wa ilas-samā`i kaifa rufi'at

And the heavens how it was raised high;

وَاِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْۗ

wa ilal-jibāli kaifa nuṣibat

And the mountains how they were fixed;

وَاِلَى الْاَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْۗ

wa ilal-arḍi kaifa suṭiḥat

And the earth how it was spread out?

فَذَكِّرْۗ اِنَّمَآ اَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌۙ

fa żakkir, innamā anta mużakkir

Remind them; you are surely a reminder.

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَيْطِرٍۙ

lasta 'alaihim bimuṣaiṭir

You are not a warden over them

اِلَّا مَنْ تَوَلّٰى وَكَفَرَۙ

illā man tawallā wa kafar

Other than him who turns his back and denies

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللّٰهُ الْعَذَابَ الْاَكْبَرَۗ

fa yu'ażżibuhullāhul-'ażābal-akbar

In which case he will be punished by God with the severest punishment.

اِنَّ اِلَيْنَآ اِيَابَهُمْ

inna ilainā iyābahum

To Us is surely their returning;

ثُمَّ اِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ

ṡumma inna 'alainā ḥisābahum

Ours is surely then to reckon with them.