هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? (1)
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
Some faces will on that Day be downcast, (2)
عَامِلَةٌ نَاصِبَةٌ
toiling [under burdens of sin], worn out [by fear], (3)
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
about to enter a glowing fire, (4)
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
given to drink from a boiling spring. (5)
لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيعٍ
No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns, (6)
لَا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنْ جُوعٍ
which gives no strength and neither stills hunger. (7)
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاعِمَةٌ
[And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss, (8)
لِسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving, (9)
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
in a garden sublime, (10)
لَا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk. (11)
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Countless springs will flow therein, (12)
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ
[and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high, (13)
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ
and goblets placed ready, (14)
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
and cushions ranged, (15)
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
and carpets spread out.... (16)
أَفَلَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created? (17)
وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And at the sky, how it is raised aloft? (18)
وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared? (19)
وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
And at the earth, how it is spread out? (20)
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort: (21)
لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
thou canst not compel them [to believe]. (22)
إِلَّا مَنْ تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
However, as for him who turns away, being bent on denying the truth, (23)
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come]: (24)
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
for, behold, unto Us will be their return, (25)
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ
and, verily, it is for Us to call them to account. (26)
- And at the Mountains,6105 how they are fixed firm?-
- 6105 From everyday utility and affection in the Camel, to the utility in grandeur in the heavens above us, we had two instances touching our individual as well as our social lives. In the third instance, in the Mountains we come to the utility of mankind generally in the services the Mountains perform in storing water, in moderating climate, and in various other ways which it is the business of Physical Geography to investigate and describe.
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And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?-
— Abdullah Yusuf Ali -
And the hills, how they are set up?
— Marmaduke Pickthall -
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
— M. Habib Shakir -
And at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm?
— Taqiuddin Hilali and M. Mohsin Khan -
And at the mountains, how they are rooted?
— Abdul-Majid Daryabadi -
and how the mountains were firmly fixed?
— Hasan Qaribullah and Ahmed Darwish -
and at the mountains, how they are fixed;
— Ayub Khan -
And at the mountains, how they are fixed?
— Sher Ali -
And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared?
— Muhammad Asad -
how the mountains were hoisted,
— Arthur Arberry -
And the mountains: how they were fixed?
— Abu'l Ala Maududi