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?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Laboring, toiling,
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Entering into burning fire,
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
They shall have no food but of thorns,
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
With their effort [they are] satisfied
Well - pleased because of their striving,
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
In an elevated garden,
In a lofty garden,
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
Within it is a flowing spring.
Therein is a fountain flowing,
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Within it are couches raised high
Therein are thrones raised high,
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
And cups put in place
And drinking - cups ready placed,
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cushions lined up
And cushions set in a row,
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And carpets spread around.
And carpets spread out.
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
And at the sky - how it is raised?
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
You are not over them a controller.
You are not a watcher over them;
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Surely to Us is their turning back,
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم