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