Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
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,
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
Labouring (hard), weary, -
AAamilatun nasibatun
Toiling, weary,
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Scorched by burning fire,
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
Drinking from a boiling spring,
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
In that day other faces will be calm,
Pleased with their striving, -
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
Glad for their effort past,
In a Garden on high,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a high Garden
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Where they hear no idle speech,
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Wherein are couches raised
Goblets placed (ready),
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And goblets set at hand
And cushions set in rows,
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And cushions ranged
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
And silken carpets spread.
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
And the earth, how it is spread ?
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
Illa man tawalla wakafara
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
For to Us will be their return;
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Lo! unto Us is their return
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
And Ours their reckoning.