In the name of Allah,
the Beneficent,
the Merciful.
[88.1]
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
[88.2]
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
[88.4]
Entering into burning fire,
[88.5]
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
[88.6]
They shall have no food but of thorns,
[88.7]
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
[88.8]
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
[88.9]
Well-pleased because of their striving,
[88.11]
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
[88.12]
Therein is a fountain flowing,
[88.13]
Therein are thrones raised high,
[88.14]
And drinking-cups ready placed,
[88.15]
And cushions set in a row,
[88.16]
And carpets spread out.
[88.17]
Will they not then consider the camels,
how they are created?
[88.18]
And the heaven,
how it is reared aloft,
[88.19]
And the mountains,
how they are firmly fixed,
[88.20]
And the earth,
how it is made a vast expanse?
[88.21]
Therefore do remind,
for you are only a reminder.
[88.22]
You are not a watcher over them;
[88.23]
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
[88.24]
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
[88.25]
Surely to Us is their turning back,
[88.26]
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.