Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Laboring, toiling,
AAamilatun nasibatun
Labouring (hard), weary, -
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Entering into burning fire,
Tasla naran hamiyatan
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
They shall have no food but of thorns,
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Well - pleased because of their striving,
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
Pleased with their striving, -
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
In a lofty garden,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a Garden on high,
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Therein are thrones raised high,
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
Goblets placed (ready),
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cushions set in a row,
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And cushions set in rows,
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And carpets spread out.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
You are not a watcher over them;
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
Illa man tawalla wakafara
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Inna ilayna iyabahum
For to Us will be their return;
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم