088.001 Y:  Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?

P:  Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming?

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

088.002 Y:  Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,

P:  On that day (many) faces will be downcast,

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

088.003 Y:  Labouring (hard), weary,-

P:  Toiling, weary,

S:  Laboring, toiling,

088.004 Y:  The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-

P:  Scorched by burning fire,

S:  Entering into burning fire,

088.005 Y:  The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,

P:  Drinking from a boiling spring,

S:  Made to drink from a boiling spring.

088.006 Y:  No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari’

P:  No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit

S:  They shall have no food but of thorns,

088.007 Y:  Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.

P:  Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

S:  Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

088.008 Y:  (Other) faces that Day will be joyful,

P:  In that day other faces will be calm,

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

088.009 Y:  Pleased with their striving,-

P:  Glad for their effort past,

S:  Well-pleased because of their striving,

088.010 Y:  In a Garden on high,

P:  In a high Garden

S:  In a lofty garden,

088.011 Y:  Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity: 

P:  Where they hear no idle speech,

S:  Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

088.012 Y:  Therein will be a bubbling spring: 

P:  Wherein is a gushing spring,

S:  Therein is a fountain flowing,

088.013 Y:  Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,

P:  Wherein are couches raised

S:  Therein are thrones raised high,

088.014 Y:  Goblets placed (ready),

P:  And goblets set at hand

S:  And drinking-cups ready placed,

088.015 Y:  And cushions set in rows,

P:  And cushions ranged

S:  And cushions set in a row,

088.016 Y:  And rich carpets (all) spread out.

P:  And silken carpets spread.

S:  And carpets spread out.

088.017 Y:  Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?-

P:  Will they not regard the camels, how they are created?

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

088.018 Y:  And at the Sky, how it is raised high?-

P:  And the heaven, how it is raised?

S:  And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

088.019 Y:  And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?-