The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall — John Medows Rodwell Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Overwhelming Event

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

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Hath the tidings of the day that shall OVERSHADOW, reached thee

Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

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Downcast on that day shall be the countenances of some

Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

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Travailing and worn

AAamilatun nasibatun

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

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Burnt at the scorching fire

Tasla naran hamiyatan

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

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Made to drink from a fountain fiercely boiling

Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

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No food shall they have but the fruit of Darih

Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ

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Which shall not fatten, nor appease their hunger

La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

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Joyous too, on that day, the countenances of others

Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

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Well pleased with their labours past

LisaAAyiha radiyatun

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

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In a lofty garden

Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

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No vain discourse shalt thou hear therein

La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

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Therein shall be a gushing fountain

Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

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Therein shall be raised couches

Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

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And goblets ready placed

Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

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And cushions laid in order

Wanamariqu masfoofatun

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

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And carpets spread forth

Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

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Can they not look up to the clouds, how they are created

Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

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And to the heaven how it is upraised

Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

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And to the mountains how they are rooted

Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat

وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

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And to the earth how it is outspread

Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

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Warn thou then; for thou art a warner only

Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

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Thou hast no authority over them

Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

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But whoever shall turn back and disbelieve

Illa man tawalla wakafara

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

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God shall punish him with the greater punishment

FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ

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Verily to Us shall they return

Inna ilayna iyabahum

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

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Then shall it be Our's to reckon with them

Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

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