The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall — Rashad Khalifa Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Overwhelming Event

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

Are you aware of the Overwhelming

Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

Faces on that day will be shamed

Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

Laboring and exhausted

AAamilatun nasibatun

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

Suffering in a blazing Hellfire

Tasla naran hamiyatan

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

Drinking from a flaming spring

Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

They will have no food except the useless variety

Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ

It never nourishes, nor satisfies hunger

La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

Other faces on that day will be full of joy

Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

Satisfied with their work

LisaAAyiha radiyatun

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

In an exalted Paradise

Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

In it, no nonsense is heard

La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

In it, a spring flows

Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

In it, there are luxurious furnishings

Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

And drinks made available

Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

And pitchers in rows

Wanamariqu masfoofatun

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

And carpets throughout

Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

Why do they not reflect on the camels and how they are created

Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

And the sky and how it is raised

Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

And the mountains and how they are constructed

Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat

وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

And the earth and how it is built

Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

You shall remind, for your mission is to deliver this reminder

Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

You have no power over them

Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

As for those who turn away and disbelieve

Illa man tawalla wakafara

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

GOD will commit them to the great retribution

FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ

To us is their ultimate destiny

Inna ilayna iyabahum

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

Then we will call them to account

Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

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