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 ?
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Toiling, weary,
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Scorched by burning fire,
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Drinking from a boiling spring,
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
In that day other faces will be calm,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
With their effort [they are] satisfied
Glad for their effort past,
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
In an elevated garden,
In a high Garden
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Where they hear no idle speech,
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Within it is a flowing spring.
Wherein is a gushing spring,
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Within it are couches raised high
Wherein are couches raised
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
And cups put in place
And goblets set at hand
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cushions lined up
And cushions ranged
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And carpets spread around.
And silken carpets spread.
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
And at the sky - how it is raised?
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
And the hills, how they are set up ?
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
And the earth, how it is spread ?
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
You are not over them a controller.
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Lo! unto Us is their return
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
And Ours their reckoning.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم