Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
Laboring, toiling,
Toiling, weary,
AAamilatun nasibatun
Entering into burning fire,
Scorched by burning fire,
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
They shall have no food but of thorns,
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
In that day other faces will be calm,
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
Well - pleased because of their striving,
Glad for their effort past,
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
In a lofty garden,
In a high Garden
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Where they hear no idle speech,
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Therein are thrones raised high,
Wherein are couches raised
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
And drinking - cups ready placed,
And goblets set at hand
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And cushions set in a row,
And cushions ranged
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And carpets spread out.
And silken carpets spread.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
And the hills, how they are set up ?
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
And the earth, how it is spread ?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
You are not a watcher over them;
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
Illa man tawalla wakafara
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Lo! unto Us is their return
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
And Ours their reckoning.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum