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)?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
Toiling, weary,
Labouring (hard), weary, -
AAamilatun nasibatun
Scorched by burning fire,
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Drinking from a boiling spring,
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
In that day other faces will be calm,
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
Glad for their effort past,
Pleased with their striving, -
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
In a high Garden
In a Garden on high,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
Where they hear no idle speech,
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Wherein are couches raised
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
And goblets set at hand
Goblets placed (ready),
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And cushions ranged
And cushions set in rows,
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And silken carpets spread.
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
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,
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
Illa man tawalla wakafara
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Lo! unto Us is their return
For to Us will be their return;
Inna ilayna iyabahum
And Ours their reckoning.
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum