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