The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall — N J Dawood 2014 Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Overwhelming Event

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

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HAVE YOU heard of the Event that shall overwhelm all

Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

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On that day there shall be downcast faces

Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

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haggard and worn out

AAamilatun nasibatun

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

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burnt by a scorching fire

Tasla naran hamiyatan

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

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drinking from a seething fountain

Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

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Their only food shall be bitter thorns

Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ

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which will neither sustain them nor satisfy their hunger

La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

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On that day there shall be radiant faces

Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

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well-pleased with their labours

LisaAAyiha radiyatun

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

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in a lofty Garden

Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

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Therein shall they hear no idle talk

La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

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therein shall be a gushing fountain

Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

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therein shall be raised soft couche

Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

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with goblets placed before them

Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

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silken cushions ranged in orde

Wanamariqu masfoofatun

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

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and carpets richly spread

Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

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Do they never reflect on the camels, how they were created

Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

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On the heaven, how it was raised on high

Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

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On the mountains, how they were set down

Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat

وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

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On the earth, how it was flattened

Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

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Therefore admonish; Your duty is only to admonish

Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

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you are not their keeper

Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

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As for those that turn their backs and disbelieve

Illa man tawalla wakafara

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

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God will torment them with the supreme torment

FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ

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To Us shall they return

Inna ilayna iyabahum

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

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and then We will Ourselves bring them to account

Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

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