1

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ اُ۬لۡغَٰشِيَةِ

Has the news of that overwhelming (calamity) reached you

2

وُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ

(Many) faces that day would be (panic struck and) down cast

3

عَامِلَةࣱ نَّاصِبَةࣱ‏

Weary and toiling

4

تُصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةࣰ‏

Burning in the scorching fire

5

تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةࣲ‏

Made to drink from the boiling spring

6

لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعࣲ‏

And having nothing to eat, except (the bitter thorny) cactus

7

لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعࣲ‏

Not enough to nourish or curb the hunger

8

وُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ نَّاعِمَةࣱ‏

(Other) faces that day would be happy (and blissful)

9

لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةࣱ‏

Well pleased with (the outcome of) their efforts

10

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةࣲ‏

In the exalted paradise

11

لَّا يُسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةࣱ‏

There, they shall hear nothing vile or foolish

12

فِيهَا عَيۡنࣱ جَارِيَةࣱ‏

In paradise, there are gushing springs

13

فِيهَا سُرُرࣱ مَّرۡفُوعَةࣱ‏

And elevated thrones

14

وَأَكۡوَابࣱ مَّوۡضُوعَةࣱ‏

And carved (exotic) goblets

15

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةࣱ‏

And cushions set in rows

16

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ

And spread out (lush rich) carpets

17

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى اَ۬لۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ

Do they not look at the camel (and wonder)? How (superbly) is it created

18

وَإِلَى اَ۬لسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ

And at the sky; how (high) is it raised

19

وَإِلَى اَ۬لۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ

And at the mountains; how (firmly) are they planted

20

وَإِلَى اَ۬لۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ

And at the earth; how (wide) is it spread out

21

فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرࣱ‏

So, (continue to) remind (them). Indeed, you are (a messenger) to remind (them)

22

لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ

You are not (appointed) a warden over them

23

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

As for the one who turns away and disbelieves

24

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اُ۬للَّهُ اُ۬لۡعَذَابَ اَ۬لۡأَكۡبَرَ

Allah will punish him with the direst torment

25

إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ

Of course, back to Us is their return (journey)

26

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم

Indeed, to call them to accounts is upon Us