The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall — Muhammad Taqi Usmani Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Overwhelming Event

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Has there come to you the description of the Overwhelming Event

Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Many faces that day will be humbled

Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

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laboring, exhausted

AAamilatun nasibatun

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

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They will enter into the scorching fire

Tasla naran hamiyatan

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

They will be made to drink water from a boiling spring

Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

There will be no food for them except from a thorny plan

Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

that will neither nourish, nor satisfy hunger

La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Many faces that day will be full of glamour

Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

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well pleased with their endeavor

LisaAAyiha radiyatun

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

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in a lofty garden

Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

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in which they will not hear any absurd talk

La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

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In it there is a flowing spring

Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

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In it there are elevated couche

Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

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and goblets, well placed

Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

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and cushions, arraye

Wanamariqu masfoofatun

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

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and carpets, spread around

Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

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So, do they not look at the camels how they are created

Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and at the sky, how it is raised high

Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

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and at the mountains, how they are installed

Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat

وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

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and at the earth, how it is spread out

Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

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So, (O Prophet,) keep on preaching; you are only a preacher

Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

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You are not a taskmaster set up over them

Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

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but whoever turns away and disbelieves

Illa man tawalla wakafara

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

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Allah will punish him with the greatest torment

FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Surely towards Us they have to return

Inna ilayna iyabahum

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

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then it is Our job to call them to account

Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

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