هَلۡ

أَتَىٰكَ

حَدِيثُ

ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ

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Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺?

On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast,

˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted,

burning in a scorching Fire,

left to drink from a scalding spring.

They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub,

neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.

On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss,

˹fully˺ pleased with their striving,

in an elevated Garden,

where no idle talk will be heard.

In it will be a running spring,

along with thrones raised high,

and cups set at hand,

and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up,

and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out.

Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created;¹

and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺;

and the mountains—how they were firmly set up;

and the earth—how it was levelled out?

So, ˹continue to˺ remind ˹all, O  Prophet˺, for your duty is only to remind.

You are not ˹there˺ to compel them ˹to believe˺.

But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief,

then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment.¹

Surely to Us is their return,

then surely with Us is their reckoning.