The Overwhelming Event
88:1
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ ١
Has the story reached you of the Overwhelming [Event]?
88:2
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ ٢
Some faces that Day will be humbled,
88:3
عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ ٣
labouring [hard], weary,
88:4
تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ ٤
the while they burn in the Blazing Fire,
88:5
تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ ٥
the while they will be given to drink of a boiling hot spring,
88:6
لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ ٦
No food will there be for them but a [bitter] dharī‘,
88:7
لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ ٧
which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
88:8
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ ٨
[Some] faces that Day will be joyful,
88:9
لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ ٩
pleased with their Striving,
88:10
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ ١٠
in an elevated Garden,
88:11
لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ ١١
where they shall hear no useless [chatter]:
88:12
فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ ١٢
Therein will be a running spring:
88:13
فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ ١٣
Therein will be couches [of dignity], raised on high,
88:14
وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ ١٤
goblets placed [ready],
88:15
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ ١٥
and cushions set in rows,
88:16
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ ١٦
and rich [colourful] carpets [all] spread out.
88:17
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ ١٧
Do they not look at the camels: how they are created?,
88:18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ ١٨
and at the Sky, how it is raised high?,
88:19
وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ ١٩
and at the mountains, how they are fixed [firm]?
88:20
وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ ٢٠
and at the Earth, how it is spread out?
88:21
فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ ٢١
Therefore, do remind, for you are but one to remind.
88:22
لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ ٢٢
You are not one to control [their] affairs.
88:23
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ٢٣
But if any turn away and reject [after believing in the Message],
88:24
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ ٢٤
Allāh will inflict on him a mighty Punishment.
88:25
إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ ٢٥
For to Us will be their return;
88:26
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم ٢٦
then it will be for Us to call them to account.