1. Hal ataaka hadeesul ghaashiyah
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
The Overwhelming
1. Hal ataaka hadeesul ghaashiyah
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
2. Wujoohuny yawma 'izin khaashi'ah
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
3. 'Aamilatun naasibah
عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ
Working [hard] and exhausted.
4. Taslaa naaran haamiyah
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
5. Tusqaa min 'aynin aaniyah
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
6. Laisa lahum ta'aamun illaa min daree'
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
7. Laa yusminu wa laa yughnee min joo'
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
8. Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naa'imah
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
9. Lisa'yihaa raadiyah
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ
With their effort [they are] satisfied
10. Fee jannatin 'aaliyah
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ
In an elevated garden,
One of the many practices taught by Islam is that its followers should begin their activities in the name of God.
The character of this surah is that of a prayer. The prayer begins with praise of the One to whom our prayer is addressed.