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
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
Toiling, weary,
AAamilatun nasibatun
Scorched by burning fire,
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
In that day other faces will be calm,
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
Glad for their effort past,
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
In a high Garden
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
Where they hear no idle speech,
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Wherein are couches raised
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
And goblets set at hand
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And cushions ranged
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And silken carpets spread.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the hills, how they are set up ?
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And the earth, how it is spread ?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
Illa man tawalla wakafara
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Lo! unto Us is their return
Inna ilayna iyabahum
And Ours their reckoning.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum