Chapter 88, 26 verses
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 ?
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Toiling, weary,
Laboring, toiling,
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Scorched by burning fire,
Entering into burning fire,
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
They shall have no food but of thorns,
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
In that day other faces will be calm,
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
With their effort [they are] satisfied
Glad for their effort past,
Well - pleased because of their striving,
In an elevated garden,
In a high Garden
In a lofty garden,
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Where they hear no idle speech,
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Within it is a flowing spring.
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Within it are couches raised high
Wherein are couches raised
Therein are thrones raised high,
And cups put in place
And goblets set at hand
And drinking - cups ready placed,
And cushions lined up
And cushions ranged
And cushions set in a row,
And carpets spread around.
And silken carpets spread.
And carpets spread out.
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
And at the sky - how it is raised?
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
And the earth, how it is spread ?
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
You are not over them a controller.
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
You are not a watcher over them;
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Lo! unto Us is their return
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
And Ours their reckoning.
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.