Sura 88: Overwhelming
(Al-Ghaasheyah)
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

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هل اتاك حديث الغاشية

Are you aware of the Overwhelming?

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وجوه يومئذ خاشعة

Faces on that day will be shamed.

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عاملة ناصبة

Laboring and exhausted.

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تصلى نارا حامية

Suffering in a blazing Hellfire.

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تسقى من عين انية

Drinking from a flaming spring.

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ليس لهم طعام الا من ضريع

They will have no food except the useless variety.

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لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع

It never nourishes, nor satisfies hunger.

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وجوه يومئذ ناعمة

Other faces on that day will be full of joy.

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لسعيها راضية

Satisfied with their work.

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في جنة عالية

In an exalted Paradise.

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لا تسمع فيها لاغية

In it, no nonsense is heard.

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فيها عين جارية

In it, a spring flows.

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فيها سرر مرفوعة

In it, there are luxurious furnishings.

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واكواب موضوعة

And drinks made available.

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ونمارق مصفوفة

And pitchers in rows.

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وزرابي مبثوثة

And carpets throughout.

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افلا ينظرون الى الابل كيف خلقت

Why do they not reflect on the camels and how they are created?

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والى السماء كيف رفعت

And the sky and how it is raised.

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والى الجبال كيف نصبت

And the mountains and how they are constructed.

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والى الارض كيف سطحت

And the earth and how it is built.

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فذكر انما انت مذكر

You shall remind, for your mission is to deliver this reminder.

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لست عليهم بمصيطر

You have no power over them.

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الا من تولى وكفر

As for those who turn away and disbelieve.

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فيعذبه الله العذاب الاكبر

GOD will commit them to the great retribution.

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ان الينا ايابهم

To us is their ultimate destiny.

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ثم ان علينا حسابهم

Then we will call them to account.

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