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The Overwhelming Calamity

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

  1. هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ ﴿1﴾

    Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
  2. وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ ﴿2﴾

    [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
  3. عَامِلَةٌ نَاصِبَةٌ ﴿3﴾

    Working [hard] and exhausted.
  4. تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً ﴿4﴾

    They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
  5. تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ ﴿5﴾

    They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
  6. لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيعٍ ﴿6﴾

    For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
  7. لَا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنْ جُوعٍ ﴿7﴾

    Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
  8. وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاعِمَةٌ ﴿8﴾

    [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
  9. لِسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ﴿9﴾

    With their effort [they are] satisfied
  10. فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ﴿10﴾

    In an elevated garden,
  11. لَا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً ﴿11﴾

    Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
  12. فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ ﴿12﴾

    Within it is a flowing spring.
  13. فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ ﴿13﴾

    Within it are couches raised high
  14. وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ ﴿14﴾

    And cups put in place
  15. وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ ﴿15﴾

    And cushions lined up
  16. وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ ﴿16﴾

    And carpets spread around.
  17. أَفَلَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ ﴿17﴾

    Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
  18. وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ ﴿18﴾

    And at the sky - how it is raised?
  19. وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ ﴿19﴾

    And at the mountains - how they are erected?
  20. وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ ﴿20﴾

    And at the earth - how it is spread out?
  21. فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ ﴿21﴾

    So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.
  22. لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَيْطِرٍ ﴿22﴾

    You are not over them a controller.
  23. إِلَّا مَنْ تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ﴿23﴾

    However, he who turns away and disbelieves
  24. فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ ﴿24﴾

    Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.
  25. إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ ﴿25﴾

    Indeed, to Us is their return.
  26. ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ ﴿26﴾

    Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
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