Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
وجوه يومئذ خاشعة
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Labouring (hard), weary, -
عاملة ناصبة
AAamilatun nasibatun
Laboring, toiling,
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
تصلى نارا حامية
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Entering into burning fire,
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
تسقى من عين آنية
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
They shall have no food but of thorns,
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
وجوه يومئذ ناعمة
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
Pleased with their striving, -
لسعيها راضية
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
Well - pleased because of their striving,
In a Garden on high,
في جنة عالية
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a lofty garden,
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
لا تسمع فيها لاغية
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
فيها عين جارية
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
فيها سرر مرفوعة
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Therein are thrones raised high,
Goblets placed (ready),
وأكواب موضوعة
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And drinking - cups ready placed,
And cushions set in rows,
ونمارق مصفوفة
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And cushions set in a row,
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
وزرابي مبثوثة
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
And carpets spread out.
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
أفلا ينظرون إلى الإبل كيف خلقت
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
وإلى السماء كيف رفعت
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
لست عليهم بمصيطر
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
You are not a watcher over them;
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
إلا من تولى وكفر
Illa man tawalla wakafara
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
For to Us will be their return;
إن إلينا إيابهم
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
ثم إن علينا حسابهم
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.