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?
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Toiling, weary,
Laboring, toiling,
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Scorched by burning fire,
Entering into burning fire,
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
They shall have no food but of thorns,
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
In that day other faces will be calm,
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
Glad for their effort past,
Well - pleased because of their striving,
With their effort [they are] satisfied
In a high Garden
In a lofty garden,
In an elevated garden,
Where they hear no idle speech,
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Within it is a flowing spring.
Wherein are couches raised
Therein are thrones raised high,
Within it are couches raised high
And goblets set at hand
And drinking - cups ready placed,
And cups put in place
And cushions ranged
And cushions set in a row,
And cushions lined up
And silken carpets spread.
And carpets spread out.
And carpets spread around.
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
And at the sky - how it is raised?
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
And the earth, how it is spread ?
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
You are not a watcher over them;
You are not over them a controller.
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Lo! unto Us is their return
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Indeed, to Us is their return.
And Ours their reckoning.
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.