هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ ١
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
88:2
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ ٢
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
88:3
عَامِلَةٌ نَاصِبَةٌ ٣
Labouring (hard), weary,-
88:4
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً ٤
The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-
88:5
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ ٥
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
88:6
لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيعٍ ٦
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
88:7
لَا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنْ جُوعٍ ٧
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
88:8
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاعِمَةٌ ٨
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
88:9
لِسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ٩
Pleased with their striving,-
88:10
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ١٠
In a Garden on high,
88:11
لَا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً ١١
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
88:12
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ ١٢
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
88:13
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ ١٣
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
88:14
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ ١٤
Goblets placed (ready),
88:15
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ ١٥
And cushions set in rows,