Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
Labouring (hard), weary, -
Laboring, toiling,
Toiling, weary,
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
Entering into burning fire,
Scorched by burning fire,
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
Drinking from a boiling spring,
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
They shall have no food but of thorns,
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
In that day other faces will be calm,
Pleased with their striving, -
Well - pleased because of their striving,
Glad for their effort past,
In a Garden on high,
In a lofty garden,
In a high Garden
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Where they hear no idle speech,
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
Therein are thrones raised high,
Wherein are couches raised
Goblets placed (ready),
And drinking - cups ready placed,
And goblets set at hand
And cushions set in rows,
And cushions set in a row,
And cushions ranged
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
And carpets spread out.
And silken carpets spread.
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
And the earth, how it is spread ?
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
You are not a watcher over them;
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
For to Us will be their return;
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Lo! unto Us is their return
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
And Ours their reckoning.