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

1 The Overwhelming Event

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

Has the news of the overwhelming event reached you

Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear

Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

be toiling and worn-out

AAamilatun nasibatun

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

they shall burn in a Scorching Fire

Tasla naran hamiyatan

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

their drink shall be from a boiling spring

Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

They shall have no food except bitter dry thorn

Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ

that will neither nourish nor satisfy their hunger

La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy

Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

well-pleased with their striving

LisaAAyiha radiyatun

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

They will be in a lofty Garde

Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

wherein they shall hear no vain talk

La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

In it there shall be a flowing spring

Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

and couches raised high

Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

and goblets laid out

Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

and cushions arrayed in rows

Wanamariqu masfoofatun

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

and rich carpets levelled out

Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

Do (these unbelievers) not observe the camels: how they were created

Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

And the sky: how it was raised high

Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

And the mountains: how they were fixed

Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat

وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

And the earth: how it was spread out

Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

So render good counsel, for you are simply required to counsel

Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

and are not invested with the authority to compel them

Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

But whoever will turn away (from the Truth)

Illa man tawalla wakafara

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

Allah will chastise him with the most terrible chastisement

FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ

Surely to Us is their return

Inna ilayna iyabahum

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

and then it is for Us to call them to account

Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

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