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)?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
Laboring, toiling,
Labouring (hard), weary, -
AAamilatun nasibatun
Entering into burning fire,
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
They shall have no food but of thorns,
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
Well - pleased because of their striving,
Pleased with their striving, -
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
In a lofty garden,
In a Garden on high,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Therein are thrones raised high,
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Goblets placed (ready),
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And cushions set in a row,
And cushions set in rows,
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And carpets spread out.
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
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.
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
You are not a watcher over them;
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
Illa man tawalla wakafara
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Surely to Us is their turning back,
For to Us will be their return;
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum