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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event?'
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وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Some faces will on that Day be downcast,
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عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ
toiling [under burdens of sin], worn out [by fear],
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تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ
about to enter a glowing fire,
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تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ
given to drink from a boiling spring.
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لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ
No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns,
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لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ
which gives no strength and neither stills hunger.
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وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ
[And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss,
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لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ
well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving,
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فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ
in a garden sublime,
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لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةًۭ
wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk.
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فِيهَا عَيْنٌۭ جَارِيَةٌۭ
Countless springs will flow therein,
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فِيهَا سُرُرٌۭ مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ
[and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high,
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وَأَكْوَابٌۭ مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ
and goblets placed ready,
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وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ
and cushions ranged,
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وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
and carpets spread out…
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أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created?
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وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And at the sky, how it is raised aloft?
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وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared?
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وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
And at the earth, how it is spread out?
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فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌۭ
And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort:
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لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
thou canst not compel them [to believe].
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إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
However, as for him who turns away, being bent on denying the truth,
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فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come]:
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إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
for behold, unto Us will be their return,
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ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
and verily, It is for Us to call them to account.
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