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