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