1. Hal ataaka hadeesul ghaashiyah هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? |
2. Wujoohuny yawma 'izin khaashi'ah وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated, |
3. 'Aamilatun naasibah عَامِلَةٌ نَاصِبَةٌ Labouring (hard), weary,- |
4. Taslaa naaran haamiyah تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً The while they enter the Blazing Fire,- |
5. Tusqaa min 'aynin aaniyah تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring, |
6. Laisa lahum ta'aamun illaa min daree' لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيعٍ No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari´ |
7. Laa yusminu wa laa yughnee min joo' لَا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنْ جُوعٍ Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. |
8. Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naa'imah وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاعِمَةٌ (Other) faces that Day will be joyful, |
9. Lisa'yihaa raadiyah لِسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ Pleased with their striving,- |
10. Fee jannatin 'aaliyah فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ In a Garden on high, |
11. Laa tasma'u feehaa laaghiyah لَا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity: |
12. Feehaa 'aynun jaariyah فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ Therein will be a bubbling spring: |
13. Feehaa sururum marfoo'ah فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high, |
14. Wa akwaabum mawdoo'ah وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ Goblets placed (ready), |
15. Wa namaariqu masfoofah وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ And cushions set in rows, |
16. Wa zaraabiyyu mabsoosah وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ And rich carpets (all) spread out. |
17. Afalaa yanzuroona ilalibili kaifa khuliqat أَفَلَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?- |
18. Wa ilas samaaa'i kaifa rufi'at وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ And at the Sky, how it is raised high?- |
19. Wa ilal jibaali kaifa nusibat وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?- |
20. Wa ilal ardi kaifa sutihat وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ And at the Earth, how it is spread out? |
21. Fazakkir innama anta Muzakkir فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish. |
22. Lasta 'alaihim bimusaitir لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَيْطِرٍ Thou art not one to manage (men´s) affairs. |
23. Illaa man tawallaa wa kafar إِلَّا مَنْ تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ But if any turn away and reject Allah,- |
24. Fa yu'azzibuhul laahul 'azaabal akbar فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment, |
25. Innaa ilainaaa iyaabahum إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ For to Us will be their return; |
26. Summa inna 'alainaa hisaabahum ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ Then it will be for Us to call them to account. |
Recitation by Mishary Al-Alfasy
The Surah takes its name from the word al-ghishiyah in the first verse.
Period of Revelation
The whole subject matter of the
Surah indicates that this too is one of the earliest Surahs to be revealed; but
this was the period when the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) had started
preaching his message publicly, and the people of Makkah were hearing it and
ignoring it carelessly and thoughtlessly.
Theme and Subject Matter
To understand the subject
matter well one should keep in view the fact that in the initial stage the
preaching of the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) mostly centered around two
points which he wanted to instill in the people's minds: Tauhid and the
Hereafter: and the people of Makkah were repudiating both. Let us now consider
the subject matter and the style of this Surah.
At the outset, in order
to arouse the people from their heedlessness, they have been plainly asked:"Do
you have any knowledge of the time when an overwhelming calamity will descend?"
Immediately after this details of the impending calamity are given as to how the
people will be divided into two separate groups and will meet separate ends. One
group of the people will go to Hell and they will suffer punishment; the second
group will go to the sublime Paradise and will be provided with, blessings.
After thus arousing the people the theme suddenly changes and the question
is asked: Do not these people, who frown and scorn the teaching of Tauhid and
the news of the Hereafter being given by the Qur'an, observe the common things
which they experience daily in their lives? Do they never consider how the
camels, on whom their whole life activity in the Arabian desert depends, came
into being, endowed precisely with the same characteristics as were required for
the beast needed in their desert life? When they go on their journeys, they see
the sky, the mountains, or the earth. Let them ponder over these three phenomena
and consider as to how the sky was stretched above them, how the mountains were
erected and how the earth was spread beneath them? Has all this come about
without the skill and craftsmanship of an All- Powerful, All Wise Designer? If
they acknowledge that a Creator has created all this with great wisdom and power
and that no one else is an associate with Him in their creation, why then do
they refuse to accept Him alone as their Lord and Sustainer? And if they
acknowledge that that God had the power to create all this, then on what
rational ground do they hesitate to acknowledge that that God also has the power
to bring about Resurrection, to recreate man, and to make Hell and Heaven?
After making the truth plain by this concise and rational argument, the
address turns from the disbelievers to the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) and
he is told: "If these people do not acknowledge the truth, they may not; you
have not been empowered to act with authority over them, so that you should
coerce them into believing: your only task is to exhort, so exhort them.
Ultimately they have to return to Us; then We shall call them to full account
and shall inflict a heavy punishment on those who do not believe."