The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall — Muhammad Asad Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Overwhelming Event

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event?

Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

Some faces will on that Day be downcast

Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

toiling [under burdens of sin], worn out [by fear]

AAamilatun nasibatun

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

about to enter a glowing 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

No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns

Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ

which gives no strength and neither stills hunger

La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

[And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss

Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving

LisaAAyiha radiyatun

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

in a garden sublime

Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk

La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

Countless springs will flow therein

Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

[and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high

Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

and goblets placed ready

Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

and cushions ranged

Wanamariqu masfoofatun

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

and carpets spread out…

Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created

Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

And at the sky, how it is raised aloft

Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared

Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat

وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

And at the earth, how it is spread out

Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort

Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

thou canst not compel them [to believe]

Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

However, as for him who turns away, being bent on denying the truth

Illa man tawalla wakafara

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come]

FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ

for behold, unto Us will be their return

Inna ilayna iyabahum

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

and verily, It is for Us to call them to account

Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

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