AL GHASHIYAH (THE OVERWHELMING EVENT)
(Revealed at Mecca - contains 26 verses - 1 section)
Allah – beginning with the name of – the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
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1 |
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ |
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Certainly the news of the calamity that will overwhelm has come to you! |
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2 |
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ |
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Many a face will be disgraced on that day. |
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3 |
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ |
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Labouring, striving hard. |
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4 |
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً |
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(Yet) Going into the blazing fire. |
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5 |
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ |
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Made to drink water from the boiling hot spring. |
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6 |
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ |
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There is no food for them except thorns of fire. |
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لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ |
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Which neither give strength nor satisfy the hunger. |
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8 |
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ |
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Many a face will be in serenity on that day. |
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9 |
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ |
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Rejoicing over their efforts. |
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10 |
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ |
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In a high Garden. |
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11 |
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً |
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In which they will not hear any lewd speech. |
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12 |
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ |
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In it is a flowing spring. |
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13 |
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ |
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In which are high thrones. |
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14 |
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ |
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And chosen goblets. |
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15 |
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ |
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And arranged carpets. |
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16 |
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ |
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And linen spread out. |
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17 |
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ |
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So do they not see the camel – how it has been created? |
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وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ |
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And the heaven – how it has been raised? |
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وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ |
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And the mountains – how they have been established? |
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وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ |
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And the earth – how it has been spread out? |
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21 |
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ |
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Therefore advise; indeed you are a proclaimer of advice. (The Holy Prophet is a Remembrance from Allah.) |
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22 |
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ |
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You are not at all a guardian over them. |
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23 |
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ |
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Except whoever turns away and disbelieves – |
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24 |
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ |
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So Allah will mete out to him the greatest punishment. |
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إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ |
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Indeed only towards Us is their return |
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26 |
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم |
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Then indeed only upon Us is their reckoning. |
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