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 there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Toiling, weary,
AAamilatun nasibatun
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Scorched by burning fire,
Tasla naran hamiyatan
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
In that day other faces will be calm,
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
Glad for their effort past,
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
With their effort [they are] satisfied
In a high Garden
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In an elevated garden,
Where they hear no idle speech,
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Within it is a flowing spring.
Wherein are couches raised
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Within it are couches raised high
And goblets set at hand
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And cups put in place
And cushions ranged
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And cushions lined up
And silken carpets spread.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
And carpets spread around.
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And at the sky - how it is raised?
And the hills, how they are set up ?
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
And the earth, how it is spread ?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
You are not over them a controller.
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
Illa man tawalla wakafara
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Lo! unto Us is their return
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Indeed, to Us is their return.
And Ours their reckoning.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.