Chapter 88, 26 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Toiling, weary,
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Laboring, toiling,
Scorched by burning fire,
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Entering into burning fire,
Drinking from a boiling spring,
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
They shall have no food but of thorns,
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
In that day other faces will be calm,
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
Glad for their effort past,
With their effort [they are] satisfied
Well - pleased because of their striving,
In a high Garden
In an elevated garden,
In a lofty garden,
Where they hear no idle speech,
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Within it is a flowing spring.
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Wherein are couches raised
Within it are couches raised high
Therein are thrones raised high,
And goblets set at hand
And cups put in place
And drinking - cups ready placed,
And cushions ranged
And cushions lined up
And cushions set in a row,
And silken carpets spread.
And carpets spread around.
And carpets spread out.
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
And at the sky - how it is raised?
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
And the earth, how it is spread ?
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
You are not over them a controller.
You are not a watcher over them;
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Lo! unto Us is their return
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Surely to Us is their turning back,
And Ours their reckoning.
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.