The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall — Arthur John Arberry Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Overwhelming Event

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

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Hast thou received the story of the Enveloper

Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

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Faces on that day humbled

Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

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labouring, toilworn

AAamilatun nasibatun

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

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roasting at a scorching fire

Tasla naran hamiyatan

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

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watered at a boiling fountain

Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

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no food for them but cactus thor

Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ

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unfattening, unappeasing hunger

La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

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Faces on that day jocund

Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

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with their striving well-pleased

LisaAAyiha radiyatun

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

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in a sublime Garden

Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

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hearing there no babble

La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

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therein a running fountain

Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

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therein uplifted couche

Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

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and goblets set fort

Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

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and cushions arraye

Wanamariqu masfoofatun

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

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and carpets outspread

Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

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What, do they not consider how the camel was created

Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

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how heaven was lifted up

Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

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how the mountains were hoisted

Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat

وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

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how the earth was outstretched

Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

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Then remind them! Thou art only a reminder

Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

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thou art not charged to oversee them

Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

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But he who turns his back, and disbelieves

Illa man tawalla wakafara

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

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God shall chastise him with the greatest chastisement

FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ

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Truly, to Us is their return

Inna ilayna iyabahum

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

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then upon Us shall rest their reckoning

Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

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