The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall — Musharraf Hussain Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Overwhelming Event

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

Musharraf Hussain

Has news of the Awe-inspiring Event reached you?

Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

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Some faces that Day will be humbled,

Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

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looking tired and exhausted.

AAamilatun nasibatun

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

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They will walk in to an intensely-hot Fire,

Tasla naran hamiyatan

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

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and drink from a boiling water spring.

Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

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They will have no food except bitter thorns,

Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ

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which won’t nourish or satisfy their hunger

La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

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Some faces that Day will be beautiful and bright,

Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

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well-pleased with their efforts,

LisaAAyiha radiyatun

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

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living in an elegant Garden,

Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

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where they won’t hear any idle chat,

La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

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watered by a flowing spring,

Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

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furnished with raised and comfortable sofas,

Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

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wine glasses gracefully arranged,

Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

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silken cushions set in rows,

Wanamariqu masfoofatun

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

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and luxurious soft carpets laid all around

Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

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Don’t they see the camels, how they were created?

Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

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And the sky, how it was raised?

Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

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And the mountains, how they were fixed?

Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat

وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

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And at the Earth, how it was spread out?

Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

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So remind, Prophet, your job is to remind.

Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

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You aren’t their controller.

Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

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The one who turned away and disbelieved,

Illa man tawalla wakafara

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

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Allah will give him terrible punishment.

FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ

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They will finally return to Us,

Inna ilayna iyabahum

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

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and We will call them to account

Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

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