Surah 88 of 114 · Makki
Surah Al-Ghaashiya (The Overwhelming Event)
سُورَةُ الغَاشِيَةِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ
هَلْhalHasأَتَىٰكَatāka(there) come to youحَدِيثُḥadīthu(the) newsٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِl-ghāshiyati(of) the Overwhelming
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]
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وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ
وُجُوهٌۭwujūhunFacesيَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinthat Dayخَـٰشِعَةٌkhāshiʿatun(will be) humbled
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled
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عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ
عَامِلَةٌۭʿāmilatunLaboringنَّاصِبَةٌۭnāṣibatunexhausted
Working [hard] and exhausted
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تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ
تَصْلَىٰtaṣlāThey will burnنَارًاnāran(in) a Fireحَامِيَةًۭḥāmiyatanintensely hot
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire
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تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ
تُسْقَىٰtus'qāThey will be given to drinkمِنْminfromعَيْنٍʿaynina springءَانِيَةٍۢāniyatinboiling
They will be given drink from a boiling spring
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لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ
لَّيْسَlaysaNot isلَهُمْlahumfor themطَعَامٌṭaʿāmunfoodإِلَّاillāexceptمِنminfromضَرِيعٍۢḍarīʿina bitter thorny plant
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
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لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ
لَّاlāNotيُسْمِنُyus'minuit nourishesوَلَاwalāand notيُغْنِىyugh'nīit availsمِنminfromجُوعٍۢjūʿinhunger
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger
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وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ
وُجُوهٌۭwujūhunFacesيَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat Dayنَّاعِمَةٌۭnāʿimatun(will be) joyful
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure
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لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ
لِّسَعْيِهَاlisaʿyihāWith their effortرَاضِيَةٌۭrāḍiyatunsatisfied
With their effort [they are] satisfied
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فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ
فِىfīInجَنَّةٍjannatina gardenعَالِيَةٍۢʿāliyatinelevated
In an elevated garden
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لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةًۭ
لَّاlāNotتَسْمَعُtasmaʿuthey will hearفِيهَاfīhāthereinلَـٰغِيَةًۭlāghiyatanvain talk
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech
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فِيهَا عَيْنٌۭ جَارِيَةٌۭ
فِيهَاfīhāThereinعَيْنٌۭʿaynun(will be) a springجَارِيَةٌۭjāriyatunflowing
Within it is a flowing spring
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فِيهَا سُرُرٌۭ مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ
فِيهَاfīhāThereinسُرُرٌۭsururun(will be) thronesمَّرْفُوعَةٌۭmarfūʿatunraised high
Within it are couches raised high
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وَأَكْوَابٌۭ مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ
وَأَكْوَابٌۭwa-akwābunAnd cupsمَّوْضُوعَةٌۭmawḍūʿatunput in place
And cups put in place
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وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ
وَنَمَارِقُwanamāriquAnd cushionsمَصْفُوفَةٌۭmaṣfūfatunlined up
And cushions lined up
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وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
وَزَرَابِىُّwazarābiyyuAnd carpetsمَبْثُوثَةٌmabthūthatunspread out
And carpets spread around
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أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
أَفَلَاafalāThen do notيَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey lookإِلَىilātowardsٱلْإِبِلِl-ibilithe camelsكَيْفَkayfahowخُلِقَتْkhuliqatthey are created
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created
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وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
وَإِلَىwa-ilāAnd towardsٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skyكَيْفَkayfahowرُفِعَتْrufiʿatit is raised
And at the sky - how it is raised
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وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
وَإِلَىwa-ilāAnd towardsٱلْجِبَالِl-jibālithe mountainsكَيْفَkayfahowنُصِبَتْnuṣibatthey are fixed
And at the mountains - how they are erected
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وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
وَإِلَىwa-ilāAnd towardsٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthكَيْفَkayfahowسُطِحَتْsuṭiḥatit is spread out
And at the earth - how it is spread out
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فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌۭ
فَذَكِّرْfadhakkirSo remindإِنَّمَآinnamāonlyأَنتَantayouمُذَكِّرٌۭmudhakkirun(are) a reminder
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder
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لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
لَّسْتَlastaYou are notعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimover themبِمُصَيْطِرٍbimuṣayṭirina controller
You are not over them a controller
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إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
إِلَّاillāButمَنmanwhoeverتَوَلَّىٰtawallāturns awayوَكَفَرَwakafaraand disbelieves
However, he who turns away and disbelieves
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فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
فَيُعَذِّبُهُfayuʿadhibuhuThen will punish himٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhāba(with) the punishmentٱلْأَكْبَرَl-akbaragreatest
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment
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إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
إِنَّinnaIndeedإِلَيْنَآilaynāto Usإِيَابَهُمْiyābahum(will be) their return
Indeed, to Us is their return
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ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
ثُمَّthummaThenإِنَّinnaindeedعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon Usحِسَابَهُمḥisābahum(is) their account
Then indeed, upon Us is their account