Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
Working [hard] and exhausted.
AAamilatun nasibatun
Laboring, toiling,
Labouring (hard), weary, -
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Entering into burning fire,
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
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
They shall have no food but of thorns,
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
With their effort [they are] satisfied
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
Well - pleased because of their striving,
Pleased with their striving, -
In an elevated garden,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a lofty garden,
In a Garden on high,
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
Within it is a flowing spring.
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Within it are couches raised high
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Therein are thrones raised high,
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
And cups put in place
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Goblets placed (ready),
And cushions lined up
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And cushions set in a row,
And cushions set in rows,
And carpets spread around.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
And carpets spread out.
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
And at the sky - how it is raised?
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
You are not over them a controller.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
You are not a watcher over them;
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
Illa man tawalla wakafara
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Surely to Us is their turning back,
For to Us will be their return;
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.