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 the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
AAamilatun nasibatun
Toiling, weary,
Labouring (hard), weary, -
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Scorched by burning fire,
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
Drinking from a boiling spring,
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
In that day other faces will be calm,
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
Glad for their effort past,
Pleased with their striving, -
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a high Garden
In a Garden on high,
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Where they hear no idle speech,
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Wherein are couches raised
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And goblets set at hand
Goblets placed (ready),
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And cushions ranged
And cushions set in rows,
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
And silken carpets spread.
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
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,
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
Illa man tawalla wakafara
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Lo! unto Us is their return
For to Us will be their return;
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
And Ours their reckoning.
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.