The Holy Qur'an - Mhsakir - Sure 088

   In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

"88.1":    Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?

"88.2":    (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,

"88.3":    Laboring, toiling,

"88.4":    Entering into burning fire,

"88.5":     Made to drink from a boiling spring.

"88.6":    They shall have no food but of thorns,

"88.7":    Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

"88.8":    (Other) faces on that day shall be happy,

"88.9":    Well-pleased because of their striving,

"88.10":    In a lofty garden,

"88.11":    Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

"88.12":    Therein is a fountain flowing,

"88.13":    Therein are thrones raised high,

"88.14":    And drinking-cups ready placed,

"88.15":    And cushions set in a row,

"88.16":    And carpets spread out.

"88.17":    Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?

"88.18":    And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

"88.19":    And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

"88.20":    And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?

"88.21":    Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.

"88.22":    You are not a watcher over them;

"88.23":    But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

"88.24":    Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

"88.25":    Surely to Us is their turning back,

"88.26":    Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.