Surah Al-Ghashiyah: word by word, transliteration and English translation

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ

Transliteration hal atāka ḥadīthu l-ghāshiyati

English Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

1. هَلْhalHas
2. أَتَىٰكَatāka(there) come to you
3. حَدِيثُḥadīthu(the) news
4. ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِl-ghāshiyati(of) the Overwhelming

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ

Transliteration wujūhun yawma-idhin khāshiʿatun

English [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

1. وُجُوهٌۭwujūhunFaces
2. يَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinthat Day
3. خَـٰشِعَةٌkhāshiʿatun(will be) humbled

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

Transliteration ʿāmilatun nāṣibatun

English Working [hard] and exhausted.

1. عَامِلَةٌۭʿāmilatunLaboring
2. نَّاصِبَةٌۭnāṣibatunexhausted

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

Transliteration taṣlā nāran ḥāmiyatan

English They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

1. تَصْلَىٰtaṣlāThey will burn
2. نَارًاnāran(in) a Fire
3. حَامِيَةًۭḥāmiyatanintensely hot

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

Transliteration tus'qā min ʿaynin āniyatin

English They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

1. تُسْقَىٰtus'qāThey will be given to drink
2. مِنْminfrom
3. عَيْنٍʿaynina spring
4. ءَانِيَةٍۢāniyatinboiling

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

Transliteration laysa lahum ṭaʿāmun illā min ḍarīʿin

English For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

1. لَّيْسَlaysaNot is
2. لَهُمْlahumfor them
3. طَعَامٌṭaʿāmunfood
4. إِلَّاillāexcept
5. مِنminfrom
6. ضَرِيعٍۢḍarīʿina bitter thorny plant

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

Transliteration lā yus'minu walā yugh'nī min jūʿin

English Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

1. لَّاlāNot
2. يُسْمِنُyus'minuit nourishes
3. وَلَاwalāand not
4. يُغْنِىyugh'nīit avails
5. مِنminfrom
6. جُوعٍۢjūʿinhunger

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

Transliteration wujūhun yawma-idhin nāʿimatun

English [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

1. وُجُوهٌۭwujūhunFaces
2. يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat Day
3. نَّاعِمَةٌۭnāʿimatun(will be) joyful

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

Transliteration lisaʿyihā rāḍiyatun

English With their effort [they are] satisfied

1. لِّسَعْيِهَاlisaʿyihāWith their effort
2. رَاضِيَةٌۭrāḍiyatunsatisfied

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

Transliteration fī jannatin ʿāliyatin

English In an elevated garden,

1. فِىfīIn
2. جَنَّةٍjannatina garden
3. عَالِيَةٍۢʿāliyatinelevated

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً

Transliteration lā tasmaʿu fīhā lāghiyatan

English Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

1. لَّاlāNot
2. تَسْمَعُtasmaʿuthey will hear
3. فِيهَاfīhātherein
4. لَـٰغِيَةًۭlāghiyatanvain talk

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

Transliteration fīhā ʿaynun jāriyatun

English Within it is a flowing spring.

1. فِيهَاfīhāTherein
2. عَيْنٌۭʿaynun(will be) a spring
3. جَارِيَةٌۭjāriyatunflowing

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

Transliteration fīhā sururun marfūʿatun

English Within it are couches raised high

1. فِيهَاfīhāTherein
2. سُرُرٌۭsururun(will be) thrones
3. مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭmarfūʿatunraised high

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

Transliteration wa-akwābun mawḍūʿatun

English And cups put in place

1. وَأَكْوَابٌۭwa-akwābunAnd cups
2. مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭmawḍūʿatunput in place

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

Transliteration wanamāriqu maṣfūfatun

English And cushions lined up

1. وَنَمَارِقُwanamāriquAnd cushions
2. مَصْفُوفَةٌۭmaṣfūfatunlined up

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

Transliteration wazarābiyyu mabthūthatun

English And carpets spread around.

1. وَزَرَابِىُّwazarābiyyuAnd carpets
2. مَبْثُوثَةٌmabthūthatunspread out

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

Transliteration afalā yanẓurūna ilā l-ibili kayfa khuliqat

English Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

1. أَفَلَاafalāThen do not
2. يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey look
3. إِلَىilātowards
4. ٱلْإِبِلِl-ibilithe camels
5. كَيْفَkayfahow
6. خُلِقَتْkhuliqatthey are created

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

Transliteration wa-ilā l-samāi kayfa rufiʿat

English And at the sky - how it is raised?

1. وَإِلَىwa-ilāAnd towards
2. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
3. كَيْفَkayfahow
4. رُفِعَتْrufiʿatit is raised

وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

Transliteration wa-ilā l-jibāli kayfa nuṣibat

English And at the mountains - how they are erected?

1. وَإِلَىwa-ilāAnd towards
2. ٱلْجِبَالِl-jibālithe mountains
3. كَيْفَkayfahow
4. نُصِبَتْnuṣibatthey are fixed

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

Transliteration wa-ilā l-arḍi kayfa suṭiḥat

English And at the earth - how it is spread out?

1. وَإِلَىwa-ilāAnd towards
2. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
3. كَيْفَkayfahow
4. سُطِحَتْsuṭiḥatit is spread out

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

Transliteration fadhakkir innamā anta mudhakkirun

English So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.

1. فَذَكِّرْfadhakkirSo remind
2. إِنَّمَآinnamāonly
3. أَنتَantayou
4. مُذَكِّرٌۭmudhakkirun(are) a reminder

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

Transliteration lasta ʿalayhim bimuṣayṭirin

English You are not over them a controller.

1. لَّسْتَlastaYou are not
2. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimover them
3. بِمُصَيْطِرٍbimuṣayṭirina controller

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

Transliteration illā man tawallā wakafara

English However, he who turns away and disbelieves

1. إِلَّاillāBut
2. مَنmanwhoever
3. تَوَلَّىٰtawallāturns away
4. وَكَفَرَwakafaraand disbelieves

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

Transliteration fayuʿadhibuhu l-lahu l-ʿadhāba l-akbara

English Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

1. فَيُعَذِّبُهُfayuʿadhibuhuThen will punish him
2. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
3. ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhāba(with) the punishment
4. ٱلْأَكْبَرَl-akbaragreatest

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

Transliteration inna ilaynā iyābahum

English Indeed, to Us is their return.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. إِلَيْنَآilaynāto Us
3. إِيَابَهُمْiyābahum(will be) their return

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

Transliteration thumma inna ʿalaynā ḥisābahum

English Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. إِنَّinnaindeed
3. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon Us
4. حِسَابَهُمḥisābahum(is) their account