The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall — Maulana Muhammad Ali Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Overwhelming Event

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Has there come to thee the news of the Overwhelming Event

Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Faces on that day will be downcast

Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Labouring, toiling

AAamilatun nasibatun

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Entering burning Fire

Tasla naran hamiyatan

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Made to drink from a boiling spring

Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They will have no food but of thorns

Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger

La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Faces on that day will be happy

Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Glad for their striving

LisaAAyiha radiyatun

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

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In a lofty Garden

Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Wherein thou wilt hear no vain talk

La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Therein is a fountain flowing

Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

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Therein are thrones raised high

Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

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And drinking-cups ready placed

Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And cushions set in tows

Wanamariqu masfoofatun

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And carpets spread out

Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

See they not the clouds, how they are created

Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

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And the heaven, how it is raised high

Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

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And the mountains, how they are fixed

Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat

وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the earth, how it is spread out

Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So remind. Thou art only one to remind

Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Thou art not warder over them -

Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

But whoever turns back and disbelieves

Illa man tawalla wakafara

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

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Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement

FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely to Us is their return

Inna ilayna iyabahum

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then it is for Us to call them to account

Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

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