Chapter 88, 26 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
Has the story reached thee 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 humiliated,
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Toiling, weary,
Labouring (hard), weary, -
Laboring, toiling,
Scorched by burning fire,
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
Entering into burning fire,
Drinking from a boiling spring,
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
They shall have no food but of thorns,
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
In that day other faces will be calm,
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
Glad for their effort past,
Pleased with their striving, -
Well - pleased because of their striving,
In a high Garden
In a Garden on high,
In a lofty garden,
Where they hear no idle speech,
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Wherein are couches raised
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
Therein are thrones raised high,
And goblets set at hand
Goblets placed (ready),
And drinking - cups ready placed,
And cushions ranged
And cushions set in rows,
And cushions set in a row,
And silken carpets spread.
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
And carpets spread out.
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
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 high? -
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
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,
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
You are not a watcher over them;
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Lo! unto Us is their return
For to Us will be their return;
Surely to Us is their turning back,
And Ours their reckoning.
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.