The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall — Sayyid Qutb Transcription In Progress Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Overwhelming Event

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Have you heard the story of the Enveloper?

Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Some faces on that day are downcast,

Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

labour weary, worn out,

AAamilatun nasibatun

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

about to enter a scorching fire,

Tasla naran hamiyatan

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

made to drink from a boiling fountain.

Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Their only food shall be nothing but dry thorns,

Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

which will neither nourish nor satisfy their hunger.

La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Other faces on that day are jocund,

Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

well-pleased with their striving,

LisaAAyiha radiyatun

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

in a sublime garden,

Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

where they hear no babble.

La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

A running fountain shall be there,

Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and raised couches,

Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and goblets placed ready,

Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and cushions laid in order,

Wanamariqu masfoofatun

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and carpets spread out.

Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Let them reflect on the camels, how they were created;

Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and heaven, how it is raised aloft;

Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and the mountains, how they are hoisted;

Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat

وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and the earth, how it is spread out.

Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Therefore exhort them; your task is only to exhort.

Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

You are not their overseer.

Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

But he who turns his back and disbelieves,

Illa man tawalla wakafara

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

God shall inflict on him the greatest suffering.

FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

To Us they shall surely return,

Inna ilayna iyabahum

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

when We shall bring them to account.

Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

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