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