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Al-Ghaashiya

The Overwhelming

الغاشية

1

هَلۡ اَتٰىكَ حَدِيۡثُ الۡغَاشِيَةِؕ‏

Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]

2

وُجُوۡهٌ يَّوۡمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌۙ‏

Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled

3

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌۙ‏

AAamilatun nasibatun

Working [hard] and exhausted

4

تَصۡلٰي نَارًا حَامِيَةًۙ‏

Tasla naran hamiyatan

They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire

5

تُسۡقٰي مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ اٰنِيَةٍؕ‏

Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

They will be given drink from a boiling spring

6

لَيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ اِلَّا مِنۡ ضَرِيۡعٍۙ‏

Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

7

لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِيۡ مِنۡ جُوۡعٍؕ‏

La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger

8

وُجُوۡهٌ يَّوۡمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌۙ‏

Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure

9

لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۙ‏

LisaAAyiha radiyatun

With their effort [they are] satisfied

10

فِيۡ جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۙ‏

Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

In an elevated garden

11

لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيۡهَا لَاغِيَةًؕ‏

La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech

12

فِيۡهَا عَيۡنٌ جَارِيَةٌۘ‏

Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

Within it is a flowing spring

13

فِيۡهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرۡفُوۡعَةٌۙ‏

Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

Within it are couches raised high

14

وَّاَكۡوَابٌ مَّوۡضُوۡعَةٌۙ‏

Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

And cups put in place

15

وَّنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوۡفَةٌۙ‏

Wanamariqu masfoofatun

And cushions lined up

16

وَّزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوۡثَةٌؕ‏

Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

And carpets spread around

17

اَفَلَا يَنۡظُرُوۡنَ اِلَي الۡاِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡࣟ‏

Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created

18

وَاِلَي السَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡࣟ‏

Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

And at the sky - how it is raised

19

وَاِلَي الۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡࣟ‏

Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

And at the mountains - how they are erected

20

وَاِلَي الۡاَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ‏

Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

And at the earth - how it is spread out

21

فَذَكِّرۡࣞ اِنَّمَا٘ اَنۡتَ مُذَكِّرٌؕ‏

Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder

22

لَسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ بِمُصَۜيۡطِرٍۙ‏

Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

You are not over them a controller

23

اِلَّا مَنۡ تَوَلّٰي وَكَفَرَۙ‏

Illa man tawalla wakafara

However, he who turns away and disbelieves

24

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللّٰهُ الۡعَذَابَ الۡاَكۡبَرَؕ‏

FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment

25

اِنَّ اِلَيۡنَا٘ اِيَابَهُمۡۙ‏

Inna ilayna iyabahum

Indeed, to Us is their return

26

ثُمَّ اِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُمۡࣖ‏

Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

Then indeed, upon Us is their account

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