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
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Toiling, weary,
AAamilatun nasibatun
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Scorched by burning fire,
Tasla naran hamiyatan
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
In that day other faces will be calm,
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Glad for their effort past,
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
In a high Garden
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Where they hear no idle speech,
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Wherein are couches raised
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
And goblets set at hand
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cushions ranged
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And silken carpets spread.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And the hills, how they are set up ?
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And the earth, how it is spread ?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
Illa man tawalla wakafara
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Lo! unto Us is their return
Inna ilayna iyabahum
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
And Ours their reckoning.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم