The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall — Dr Munir Munshey Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Overwhelming Event

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

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Has the news of that overwhelming (calamity) reached you

Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

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(Many) faces that day would be (panic struck and) down cast

Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

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Weary and toiling

AAamilatun nasibatun

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

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Burning in the scorching fire

Tasla naran hamiyatan

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

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Made to drink from the boiling spring

Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

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And having nothing to eat, except (the bitter thorny) cactus

Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ

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Not enough to nourish or curb the hunger

La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

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(Other) faces that day would be happy (and blissful)

Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

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Well pleased with (the outcome of) their efforts

LisaAAyiha radiyatun

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

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In the exalted paradise

Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

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There, they shall hear nothing vile or foolish

La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

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In paradise, there are gushing springs

Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

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And elevated thrones

Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

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And carved (exotic) goblets

Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

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And cushions set in rows

Wanamariqu masfoofatun

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

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And spread out (lush rich) carpet

Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

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Do they not look at the camel (and wonder)? How (superbly) is it created

Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

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And at the sky; how (high) is it raised

Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

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And at the mountains; how (firmly) are they planted

Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat

وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

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And at the earth; how (wide) is it spread out

Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

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So, (continue to) remind (them). Indeed, you are (a messenger) to remind (them)

Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

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You are not (appointed) a warden over them

Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

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As for the one who turns away and disbelieves

Illa man tawalla wakafara

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

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Allah will punish him with the direst torment

FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ

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Of course, back to Us is their return (journey)

Inna ilayna iyabahum

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

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Indeed, to call them to accounts is upon Us

Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

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