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 ?
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Laboring, toiling,
Toiling, weary,
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Entering into burning fire,
Scorched by burning fire,
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
Drinking from a boiling spring,
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
They shall have no food but of thorns,
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
In that day other faces will be calm,
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
Well - pleased because of their striving,
Glad for their effort past,
With their effort [they are] satisfied
In a lofty garden,
In a high Garden
In an elevated garden,
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Where they hear no idle speech,
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Within it is a flowing spring.
Therein are thrones raised high,
Wherein are couches raised
Within it are couches raised high
And drinking - cups ready placed,
And goblets set at hand
And cups put in place
And cushions set in a row,
And cushions ranged
And cushions lined up
And carpets spread out.
And silken carpets spread.
And carpets spread around.
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
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 reared aloft,
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
And at the sky - how it is raised?
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
And the earth, how it is spread ?
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
You are not a watcher over them;
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
You are not over them a controller.
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Lo! unto Us is their return
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
And Ours their reckoning.
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.