بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Separate opening header from Al-Fatihah 1:1; not an extra numbered ayah.
Ayah 88:1
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ
Has there come to you the story of the Overwhelming Event?
Ayah 88:2
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
On that Day, some faces will be humiliated,
Ayah 88:3
عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ
overburdened and weary[1],
Ayah 88:4
تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ
as they burn in a scorching Fire.
Ayah 88:5
تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ
They will be made to drink from a boiling spring,
Ayah 88:6
لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ
and they will have no food except bitter thorny plants,
Ayah 88:7
لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ
that neither nourishes nor satisfies hunger.
Ayah 88:8
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ
Other faces on that Day will be joyful,
Ayah 88:9
لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ
well-pleased with their past striving,
Ayah 88:10
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ
in an elevated garden,
Ayah 88:11
لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ
wherein no idle talk will be heard[2].
Ayah 88:12
فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ
There will be a flowing spring;
Ayah 88:13
فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ
and couches raised high,
Ayah 88:14
وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ
and cups placed ready,
Ayah 88:15
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ
and cushions lined up,
Ayah 88:16
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ
and splendid carpets spread out.
Ayah 88:17
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ
Do they not reflect on the camel, how it is created;
Ayah 88:18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ
and the sky, how it is raised high;
Ayah 88:19
وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ
and the mountains, how they are firmly set up;
Ayah 88:20
وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ
and the earth, how it is spread out?
Ayah 88:21
فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ
So remind [O Prophet]; your duty is only to remind;
Ayah 88:22
لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ
you are not assigned to compel them.
Ayah 88:23
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
But whoever turns away and disbelieves,
Ayah 88:24
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ
Allah will inflict upon him the greatest punishment[3].
Ayah 88:25
إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ
Indeed, to Us is their return,
Ayah 88:26
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم
then it is for Us to call them to account.
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