Chapter 88, 26 verses
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
AAamilatun nasibatun
Toiling, weary,
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Scorched by burning fire,
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
Drinking from a boiling spring,
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
In that day other faces will be calm,
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
Glad for their effort past,
With their effort [they are] satisfied
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a high Garden
In an elevated garden,
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Where they hear no idle speech,
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Within it is a flowing spring.
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Wherein are couches raised
Within it are couches raised high
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And goblets set at hand
And cups put in place
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And cushions ranged
And cushions lined up
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
And silken carpets spread.
And carpets spread around.
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
And at the sky - how it is raised?
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
And the earth, how it is spread ?
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
You are not over them a controller.
Illa man tawalla wakafara
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Lo! unto Us is their return
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
And Ours their reckoning.
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.