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Al-Ghashiyah · The Overwhelming

26 ayahs Makki Page 592 Juz 30
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ ﴿١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming?

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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ ﴿٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn that day (many) faces will be downcast,

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عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ ﴿٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallToiling, weary,

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تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً ﴿٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallScorched by burning fire,

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تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ ﴿٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDrinking from a boiling spring,

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لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ ﴿٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNo food for them save bitter thorn-fruit

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لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ ﴿٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhich doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ ﴿٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIn that day other faces will be calm,

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لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ﴿٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallGlad for their effort past,

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فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ﴿١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIn a high Garden

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لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً ﴿١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhere they hear no idle speech,

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فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ ﴿١٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWherein is a gushing spring,

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فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ ﴿١٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWherein are couches raised

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وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ ﴿١٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd goblets set at hand

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وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ ﴿١٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd cushions ranged

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وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ ﴿١٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd silken carpets spread.

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أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ ﴿١٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWill they not regard the camels, how they are created?

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وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ ﴿١٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the heaven, how it is raised?

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وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ ﴿١٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the hills, how they are set up?

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وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ ﴿٢٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the earth, how it is spread?

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فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ ﴿٢١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallRemind them, for thou art but an admonisher,

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لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThou art not at all a warder over them.

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إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ﴿٢٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

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فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ ﴿٢٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAllah will punish him with direst punishment.

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إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ ﴿٢٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! unto Us is their return

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ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم ﴿٢٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd Ours their reckoning.

Mishary Rashid AlafasyMurattal · Al-Ghashiyah
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).