1. Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
1. Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
2. Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun
2. Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
3. Labouring (hard), weary,-
4. The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-
5. The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
6. Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
6. No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
7. La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
7. Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
8. Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun
8. (Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
9. Pleased with their striving,-
10. In a Garden on high,
11. La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
11. Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
12. Therein will be a bubbling spring:
13. Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
13. Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
14. Goblets placed (ready),
15. And cushions set in rows,
16. And rich carpets (all) spread out.
17. Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat
17. Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?-
18. Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat
18. And at the Sky, how it is raised high?-
19. Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat
19. And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?-
20. Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat
20. And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
21. Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
21. Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
22. Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
22. Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
23. But if any turn away and reject Allah,-
24. FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara
24. Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
25. For to Us will be their return;
26. Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
26. Then it will be for Us to call them to account.