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