Chap 88: THE OVERWHELMING, THE PALL (88:0)

Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? (88:1)

Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated, (88:2)

Labouring (hard), weary,- (88:3)

The while they enter the Blazing Fire,- (88:4)

The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring, (88:5)

No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari' (88:6)

Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger (88:7)

(Other) faces that Day will be joyful, (88:8)

Pleased with their striving,- (88:9)

In a Garden on high, (88:10)

Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity: (88:11)

Therein will be a bubbling spring: (88:12)

Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high, (88:13)

Goblets placed (ready), (88:14)

And cushions set in rows, (88:15)

And rich carpets (all) spread out (88:16)

Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?- (88:17)

And at the Sky, how it is raised high?- (88:18)

And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?- (88:19)

And at the Earth, how it is spread out? (88:20)

Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish (88:21)

Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs (88:22)

But if any turn away and reject God,- (88:23)

God will punish him with a mighty Punishment, (88:24)

For to Us will be their return; (88:25)

Then it will be for Us to call them to account (88:26)

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