Total Verses: 26
Revealed At: MAKKA
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi
088.001
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
1. Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
088.002
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
2. Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun
088.003
Labouring (hard), weary,-
3. AAamilatun nasibatun
088.004
The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-
4. Tasla naran hamiyatan
088.005
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
5. Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
088.006
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
6. Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
088.007
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
7. La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
088.008
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
8. Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun
088.009
Pleased with their striving,-
9. LisaAAyiha radiyatun
088.010
In a Garden on high,
10. Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
088.011
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
11. La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
088.012
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
12. Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
088.013
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
13. Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
088.014
Goblets placed (ready),
14. Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
088.015
And cushions set in rows,
15. Wanamariqu masfoofatun
088.016
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
16. Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
088.017
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?-
17. Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat
088.018
And at the Sky, how it is raised high?-
18. Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat
088.019
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?-
19. Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat
088.020
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
20. Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat
088.021
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
21. Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
088.022
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
22. Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
088.023
But if any turn away and reject Allah,-
23. Illa man tawalla wakafara
088.024
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
24. FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara
088.025
For to Us will be their return;
25. Inna ilayna iyabahum
088.026
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
26. Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
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