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