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 the story reached thee 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 humiliated,
Toiling, weary,
Laboring, toiling,
Labouring (hard), weary, -
Scorched by burning fire,
Entering into burning fire,
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
They shall have no food but of thorns,
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
In that day other faces will be calm,
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
Glad for their effort past,
Well - pleased because of their striving,
Pleased with their striving, -
In a high Garden
In a lofty garden,
In a Garden on high,
Where they hear no idle speech,
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Wherein are couches raised
Therein are thrones raised high,
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
And goblets set at hand
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Goblets placed (ready),
And cushions ranged
And cushions set in a row,
And cushions set in rows,
And silken carpets spread.
And carpets spread out.
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
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.
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
You are not a watcher over them;
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
Lo! unto Us is their return
Surely to Us is their turning back,
For to Us will be their return;
And Ours their reckoning.
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.