Chapter 88, 26 verses
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
AAamilatun nasibatun
Laboring, toiling,
Toiling, weary,
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Entering into burning fire,
Scorched by burning fire,
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
They shall have no food but of thorns,
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
In that day other faces will be calm,
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
Well - pleased because of their striving,
Glad for their effort past,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a lofty garden,
In a high Garden
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Where they hear no idle speech,
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Therein are thrones raised high,
Wherein are couches raised
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And drinking - cups ready placed,
And goblets set at hand
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And cushions set in a row,
And cushions ranged
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
And carpets spread out.
And silken carpets spread.
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
And the hills, how they are set up ?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
And the earth, how it is spread ?
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
You are not a watcher over them;
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
Illa man tawalla wakafara
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Lo! unto Us is their return
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
And Ours their reckoning.