Translation by Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Info 1 88:1
Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺?
2 88:2
On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast,
3 88:3
˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted,
4 88:4
burning in a scorching Fire,
5 88:5
left to drink from a scalding spring.
6 88:6
They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub,
7 88:7
neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.
8 88:8
On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss,
9 88:9
˹fully˺ pleased with their striving,
10 88:10
in an elevated Garden,
11 88:11
where no idle talk will be heard.
12 88:12
In it will be a running spring,
13 88:13
along with thrones raised high,
14 88:14
and cups set at hand,
15 88:15
and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up,
16 88:16
and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out.
17 88:17
Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created;1
18 88:18
and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺;
19 88:19
and the mountains—how they were firmly set up;
20 88:20
and the earth—how it was levelled out?