Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
Labouring (hard), weary, -
Toiling, weary,
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
Scorched by burning fire,
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
Drinking from a boiling spring,
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
In that day other faces will be calm,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Pleased with their striving, -
Glad for their effort past,
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
In a Garden on high,
In a high Garden
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
Where they hear no idle speech,
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Wherein is a gushing spring,
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
Wherein are couches raised
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Goblets placed (ready),
And goblets set at hand
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cushions set in rows,
And cushions ranged
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
And silken carpets spread.
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
And the hills, how they are set up ?
وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
And the earth, how it is spread ?
وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
For to Us will be their return;
Lo! unto Us is their return
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
And Ours their reckoning.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم