88 : 1

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?

88 : 2

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,

88 : 3

عَامِلَةٌ نَاصِبَةٌ

Labouring (hard), weary,-

88 : 4

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-

88 : 5

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,

88 : 6

لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيعٍ

No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari´

88 : 7

لَا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنْ جُوعٍ

Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.

88 : 8

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاعِمَةٌ

(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,

88 : 9

لِسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

Pleased with their striving,-

88 : 10

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

In a Garden on high,

88 : 11

لَا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:

88 : 12

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

Therein will be a bubbling spring:

88 : 13

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ

Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,

88 : 14

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ

Goblets placed (ready),

88 : 15

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

And cushions set in rows,

88 : 16

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

And rich carpets (all) spread out.

88 : 17

أَفَلَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?-

88 : 18

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

And at the Sky, how it is raised high?-

88 : 19

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?-

88 : 20

وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

And at the Earth, how it is spread out?

88 : 21

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.

88 : 22

لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

Thou art not one to manage (men´s) affairs.

88 : 23

إِلَّا مَنْ تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

But if any turn away and reject Allah,-

88 : 24

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,

88 : 25

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ

For to Us will be their return;

88 : 26

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ

Then it will be for Us to call them to account.