Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
Laboring, toiling,
Labouring (hard), weary, -
عاملة ناصبة
AAamilatun nasibatun
Entering into burning fire,
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
تصلى نارا حامية
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
تسقى من عين آنية
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
They shall have no food but of thorns,
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
Well - pleased because of their striving,
Pleased with their striving, -
لسعيها راضية
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
In a lofty garden,
In a Garden on high,
في جنة عالية
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
فيها عين جارية
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Therein are thrones raised high,
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Goblets placed (ready),
وأكواب موضوعة
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And cushions set in a row,
And cushions set in rows,
ونمارق مصفوفة
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And carpets spread out.
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
وزرابي مبثوثة
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
أفلا ينظرون إلى الإبل كيف خلقت
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
You are not a watcher over them;
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
لست عليهم بمصيطر
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
إلا من تولى وكفر
Illa man tawalla wakafara
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Surely to Us is their turning back,
For to Us will be their return;
إن إلينا إيابهم
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum