Chapter 88, 26 verses
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
AAamilatun nasibatun
Laboring, toiling,
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Entering into burning fire,
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
They shall have no food but of thorns,
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
Well - pleased because of their striving,
With their effort [they are] satisfied
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a lofty garden,
In an elevated garden,
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Within it is a flowing spring.
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Therein are thrones raised high,
Within it are couches raised high
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And drinking - cups ready placed,
And cups put in place
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And cushions set in a row,
And cushions lined up
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
And carpets spread out.
And carpets spread around.
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Will they not then consider 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 reared aloft,
And at the sky - how it is raised?
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
You are not a watcher over them;
You are not over them a controller.
Illa man tawalla wakafara
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.