Surah Al-Ghashiya - English Translation by Rowwad Translation Center
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ
Has there come to you the story of the Overwhelming Event
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 1
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
On that Day, some faces will be humiliated
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 2
عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ
toiling and weary
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 3
تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ
as they burn in a scorching Fire
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 4
تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ
They will be made to drink from a boiling spring
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 5
لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ
and they will have no food except bitter thorny plants
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 6
لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ
that neither nourishes nor satisfies hunger
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 7
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ
Other faces on that Day will be joyful
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 8
لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ
well-pleased with their past striving
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 9
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ
in an elevated garden
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 10
لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ
wherein no idle talk will be heard
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 11
فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ
There will be a flowing spring
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 12
فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ
and couches raised high
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 13
وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ
and cups placed ready
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 14
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ
and cushions lined up
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 15
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ
and splendid carpets spread out
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 16
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ
Do they not reflect on the camel, how it is created
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 17
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ
and the sky, how it is raised high
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 18
وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ
and the mountains, how they are firmly set up
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 19
وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ
and the earth, how it is spread out
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 20
فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ
So remind [O Prophet]; your duty is only to remind
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 21
لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ
you are not assigned to compel them
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 22
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
But whoever turns away and disbelieves
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 23
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ
Allah will inflict upon him the greatest punishment
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 24
إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ
Indeed, to Us is their return
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 25
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم
then it is for Us to call them to account
Surah Al-Ghashiya, Verse 26