The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall — Bridges Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Overwhelming Event

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

Has there come to yousg the news of the Overwhelming (event)?

Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

Some faces on that day are (subdued) in reverence,

Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

toiling, exhausted,

AAamilatun nasibatun

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

roasting in a hot fire,

Tasla naran hamiyatan

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

given to drink from a boiling spring.

Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

They have no food except of a thorny bush

Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ

which neither nourishes nor satisfies hunger.

La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

Some faces on that day are blissful,

Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

well pleased with their endeavor,

LisaAAyiha radiyatun

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

in a lofty Garden:

Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

in it you hear no nonsense;

La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

in it is a flowing spring;

Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

in it are raised couches,

Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

and cups set in place,

Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

and cushions set in rows,

Wanamariqu masfoofatun

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

and carpets spread around.

Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

Do they not look at the camels—how they were created?

Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

And at the sky—how it was raised?

Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

And at the mountains—how they were firmly fixed?

Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat

وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

And at the earth—how it was spread out?

Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

So remind; yousg are only a reminder;

Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

you have no control over them.

Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

But whoever turns away and denies,

Illa man tawalla wakafara

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

then Allah punishes him with the greatest punishment.

FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ

Indeed, to Us is their return,

Inna ilayna iyabahum

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

then upon Us is their reckoning.

Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

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