Tanwir al-Miqbas min Tafsir Ibn Abbas al-Ghashiyah الغَاشِيَة (The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall) 26 verses · Meccan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
Abdel Haleem
Have you heard tell [Prophet] about the Overwhelming Event
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

And from his narration on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that he said concerning the interpretation of Allah's saying (Hath there come unto you): '(Hath there come unto you) He says: it has not come unto you, O Muhammad, before but now it has; it is also said that this means: it has come unto you (tidings of the Overwhelming) the news of the coming of the Hour? It is also said the Overwhelming refers to the Fire overwhelming its dwellers.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
On that Day, there will be downcast faces
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(On that day) the Day of Judgement ((many) faces) the faces of the disbelievers and hypocrites (will be downcast) abased because of the chastisement,

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عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
toiling and weary
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Toiling) dragged in the Fire, (weary) in tiredness and strife; it is also said this means: toiling in the life of the world, weary in the Hereafter, this refers to the Christian monks and anchorites, and it is also said it refers to the Kharijites.

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تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Abdel Haleem
as they enter the blazing Fir
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Scorched by burning fire) they enter the Fire whose heat is extreme,

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
Abdel Haleem
and are forced to drink from a boiling spring
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Drinking) in the Fire (from a boiling spring),

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لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Abdel Haleem
with no food for them except bitter dry thorn
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(No food for them) in those abysmal pits (save bitter thorn fruit) the shabraq plant which grows in the roads of Mecca, which is eaten by camels when it is soft but when it is hard it becomes like the claws of cats.

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ
Abdel Haleem
that neither nourish nor satisfy hunger
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger) when one eats it.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
On that Day there will also be faces radiant with bliss
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(In that day other faces) the faces of true believers (will be calm) beautiful and radiant,

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لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
well pleased with their labour
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Glad for their effort past) He says: they are pleased with the reward of their works,

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فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Abdel Haleem
in a lofty garden
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(In a high Garden) in a high rank

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لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
Abdel Haleem
where they will hear no idle talk
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Where) in Paradise (they hear no idle speech) any oath whether it is true or false,

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فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
with a flowing spring
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Wherein) in Paradise (is a gushing spring) gushing with goodness, grace and mercy for them,

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فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
raised couches
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Wherein) in Paradise (are couches raised) in the air for as long as its owners are away; it is also said that they are raised for its people.

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وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
goblets placed before them
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(And goblets) round goblets that do not have handles, ears or nooses (set at hand) in their dwellings.

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وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
cushions set in rows
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(And cushions ranged) against each other.

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وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
and carpets spread
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(And silken carpets spread) for its owners.

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أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Abdel Haleem
Do the disbelievers not see how rain clouds are formed
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

When the Prophet (pbuh) informed them of this, the disbelievers of Mecca said: " Bring us a sign to prove that Allah has sent you to us as a Messenger ". Therefore Allah said: (Will they not regard the camels, how they are created) with their strength and power, carrying burdens that no one else can carry?

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وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
Abdel Haleem
how the heavens are lifted
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(And the heaven, how it is raised) how it is raised above creation, and no one can touch it?

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وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
Abdel Haleem
how the mountains are raised high
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(And the hills, how they are set up) on earth, unmoved?

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وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Abdel Haleem
how the earth is spread out
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(And the earth, how it is spread) over water? All these are signs for them.

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فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Abdel Haleem
So [Prophet] warn them: your only task is to give warning
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Remind them) admonish them, (for thou art but a remembrancer) you are but a warner by means of the Qur'an; it is also said that this means: you are only an admonisher by the Qur'an and through Allah,

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لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
Abdel Haleem
you are not there to control them
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Thou art not) O Muhammad (at all a warder over them) you are not imposed on them such that you force them to accept faith.

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إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Abdel Haleem
As for those who turn away and disbelieve
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Later on, Allah commanded him to fight them, saying: (But whoso is averse and disbelieveth) except he who turns away from faith and disbelieves in Allah,

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فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
Abdel Haleem
God will inflict the greatest torment upon them
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Allah will punish him) in the Hereafter (with direst punishment) i.e. with the punishment of the Fire.

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إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
Abdel Haleem
It is to Us they will return
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Lo! unto Us is their return) in the Hereafter.

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ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
Abdel Haleem
and then it is for Us to call them to account
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(And Ours their reckoning) their steadfastness in the life of the world and reward and punishment in the Hereafter'.

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