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]?
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Toiling, weary,
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Scorched by burning fire,
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Drinking from a boiling spring,
They will be given 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
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
In that day other faces will be calm,
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
Glad for their effort past,
With their effort [they are] satisfied
In a high Garden
In an elevated garden,
Where they hear no idle speech,
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Within it is a flowing spring.
Wherein are couches raised
Within it are couches raised high
And goblets set at hand
And cups put in place
And cushions ranged
And cushions lined up
And silken carpets spread.
And carpets spread around.
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
And at the sky - how it is raised?
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
And the earth, how it is spread ?
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
You are not over them a controller.
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Lo! unto Us is their return
Indeed, to Us is their return.
And Ours their reckoning.
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.