88:1
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ ١
Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺?
88:2
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ ٢
On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast,
88:3
عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ ٣
˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted,
88:4
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ ٤
burning in a scorching Fire,
88:5
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ ٥
left to drink from a scalding spring.
88:6
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ ٦
They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub,
88:7
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ ٧
neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.
88:8
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ ٨
On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss,
88:9
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ ٩
˹fully˺ pleased with their striving,
88:10
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ ١٠
in an elevated Garden,
88:11
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةًۭ ١١
where no idle talk will be heard.
88:12
فِيهَا عَيْنٌۭ جَارِيَةٌۭ ١٢
In it will be a running spring,
88:13
فِيهَا سُرُرٌۭ مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ ١٣
along with thrones raised high,
88:14
وَأَكْوَابٌۭ مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ ١٤
and cups set at hand,
88:15
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ ١٥
and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up,
88:16
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ ١٦
and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out.
88:17
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ ١٧
Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created;
88:18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ ١٨
and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺;
88:19
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ ١٩
and the mountains—how they were firmly set up;
88:20
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ ٢٠
and the earth—how it was levelled out?
88:21
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌۭ ٢١
So, ˹continue to˺ remind ˹all, O Prophet˺, for your duty is only to remind.
88:22
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ ٢٢
You are not ˹there˺ to compel them ˹to believe˺.
88:23
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ٢٣
But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief,
88:24
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ ٢٤
then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment.
88:25
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ ٢٥
Surely to Us is their return,
88:26
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم ٢٦
then surely with Us is their reckoning.