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