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