بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ١٦
But you ˹deniers only˺ prefer the life of this world,
87:16
وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ ١٧
even though the Hereafter is far better and more lasting.
87:17
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ١٨
This is certainly ˹mentioned˺ in the earlier Scriptures—
87:18
صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ١٩
the Scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
87:19
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ ١
Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺?
88:1
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ ٢
On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast,
88:2
عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ ٣
˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted,
88:3
تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ ٤
burning in a scorching Fire,
88:4
تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ ٥
left to drink from a scalding spring.
88:5
لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ ٦
They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub,
88:6
لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ ٧
neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.
88:7
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ ٨
On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss,
88:8
لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ ٩
˹fully˺ pleased with their striving,
88:9
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ ١٠
in an elevated Garden,
88:10
لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ ١١
where no idle talk will be heard.
88:11
فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ ١٢
In it will be a running spring,
88:12
فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ ١٣
along with thrones raised high,
88:13
وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ ١٤
and cups set at hand,
88:14
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ ١٥
and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up,
88:15
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ ١٦
and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out.
88:16
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ ١٧
Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created;1
88:17
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ ١٨
and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺;
88:18
وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ ١٩
and the mountains—how they were firmly set up;
88:19
وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ ٢٠
and the earth—how it was levelled out?
88:20
فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ ٢١
So, ˹continue to˺ remind ˹all, O Prophet˺, for your duty is only to remind.
88:21
لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ ٢٢
You are not ˹there˺ to compel them ˹to believe˺.
88:22
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ٢٣
But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief,
88:23
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ ٢٤
then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment.1
88:24
إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ ٢٥
Surely to Us is their return,
88:25
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم ٢٦
then surely with Us is their reckoning.
88:26