Surah 88 - The Overwhelming (Al-Ghashiyah)

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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ

Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you O Prophet?

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وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ

On that Day some faces will be downcast،

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3

عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ

totally overburdened، exhausted،

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4

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ

burning in a scorching Fire،

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5

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ

left to drink from a scalding spring

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6

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ

They will have no food except a foul، thorny shrub،

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لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ

neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger

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وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ

On that Day other faces will be glowing with bliss،

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9

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ

fully pleased with their striving،

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10

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ

in an elevated Garden،

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11

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةًۭ

where no idle talk will be heard

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12

فِيهَا عَيْنٌۭ جَارِيَةٌۭ

In it will be a running spring،

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13

فِيهَا سُرُرٌۭ مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ

along with thrones raised high،

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14

وَأَكْوَابٌۭ مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ

and cups set at hand،

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15

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ

and fine cushions lined up،

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16

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

and splendid carpets spread out

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17

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

Do they not ever reflect on camelshow they were masterfully created;

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وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

and the skyhow it was raised high;

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وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

and the mountainshow they were firmly set up;

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20

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

and the earthhow it was levelled out?

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21

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌۭ

So، continue to remind all، O Prophet، for your duty is only to remind

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22

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

You are not there to compel them to believe

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23

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

But whoever turns away، persisting in disbelief،

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24

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment

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25

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

Surely to Us is their return،

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26

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

then surely with Us is their reckoning

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