Chapter 88, 26 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
Toiling, weary,
Laboring, toiling,
AAamilatun nasibatun
Scorched by burning fire,
Entering into burning fire,
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
They shall have no food but of thorns,
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
In that day other faces will be calm,
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
Glad for their effort past,
Well - pleased because of their striving,
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
In a high Garden
In a lofty garden,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
Where they hear no idle speech,
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Wherein are couches raised
Therein are thrones raised high,
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
And goblets set at hand
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And cushions ranged
And cushions set in a row,
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And silken carpets spread.
And carpets spread out.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And the earth, how it is spread ?
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
You are not a watcher over them;
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
Illa man tawalla wakafara
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Lo! unto Us is their return
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Inna ilayna iyabahum
And Ours their reckoning.
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum