THE OVERWHELMING THE PALL Holy Quran God Speak

In the name of God,

Most Gracious, Most Merciful

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

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

88:3 Labouring (hard), weary,-

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

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

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

88:7 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.

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

88:9 Pleased with their striving,-

88:10 In a Garden on high,

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

88:12 Therein will be a bubbling spring:

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

88:14 Goblets placed (ready),

88:15 And cushions set in rows,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

88:25 For to Us will be their return;

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

The Holy Quran

Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali