Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
Working [hard] and exhausted.
AAamilatun nasibatun
Toiling, weary,
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Scorched by burning fire,
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
Drinking from a boiling spring,
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
In that day other faces will be calm,
With their effort [they are] satisfied
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
Glad for their effort past,
In an elevated garden,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a high Garden
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Where they hear no idle speech,
Within it is a flowing spring.
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Within it are couches raised high
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Wherein are couches raised
And cups put in place
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And goblets set at hand
And cushions lined up
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And cushions ranged
And carpets spread around.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
And silken carpets spread.
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
And at the sky - how it is raised?
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
And the earth, how it is spread ?
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
You are not over them a controller.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
Illa man tawalla wakafara
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Lo! unto Us is their return
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
And Ours their reckoning.