Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
Working [hard] and exhausted.
AAamilatun nasibatun
عاملة ناصبة
Labouring (hard), weary, -
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Tasla naran hamiyatan
تصلى نارا حامية
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
تسقى من عين آنية
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
With their effort [they are] satisfied
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
لسعيها راضية
Pleased with their striving, -
In an elevated garden,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
في جنة عالية
In a Garden on high,
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
Within it is a flowing spring.
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
فيها عين جارية
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Within it are couches raised high
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
And cups put in place
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
وأكواب موضوعة
Goblets placed (ready),
And cushions lined up
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
ونمارق مصفوفة
And cushions set in rows,
And carpets spread around.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
وزرابي مبثوثة
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
أفلا ينظرون إلى الإبل كيف خلقت
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
And at the sky - how it is raised?
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
You are not over them a controller.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
لست عليهم بمصيطر
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
Illa man tawalla wakafara
إلا من تولى وكفر
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Inna ilayna iyabahum
إن إلينا إيابهم
For to Us will be their return;
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.