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