Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Laboring, toiling,
AAamilatun nasibatun
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Entering into burning fire,
Tasla naran hamiyatan
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
They shall have no food but of thorns,
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
Well - pleased because of their striving,
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
With their effort [they are] satisfied
In a lofty garden,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In an elevated garden,
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Within it is a flowing spring.
Therein are thrones raised high,
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Within it are couches raised high
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And cups put in place
And cushions set in a row,
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And cushions lined up
And carpets spread out.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
And carpets spread around.
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And at the sky - how it is raised?
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
You are not a watcher over them;
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
You are not over them a controller.
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
Illa man tawalla wakafara
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.