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Surah Al-Ghashiya ( The Overwhelming )

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Surah Al-Ghashiya ( The Overwhelming ) - Aya count 26

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ ﰀ ﴿١﴾

Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ ﰁ ﴿٢﴾

[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ ﰂ ﴿٣﴾

Working [hard] and exhausted.

تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ ﰃ ﴿٤﴾

They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ ﰄ ﴿٥﴾

They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ ﰅ ﴿٦﴾

For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ ﰆ ﴿٧﴾

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ ﰇ ﴿٨﴾

[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ ﰈ ﴿٩﴾

With their effort [they are] satisfied

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ ﰉ ﴿١٠﴾

In an elevated garden,

لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ ﰊ ﴿١١﴾

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ ﰋ ﴿١٢﴾

Within it is a flowing spring.

فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ ﰌ ﴿١٣﴾

Within it are couches raised high

وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ ﰍ ﴿١٤﴾

And cups put in place

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ ﰎ ﴿١٥﴾

And cushions lined up

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ ﰏ ﴿١٦﴾

And carpets spread around.

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ ﰐ ﴿١٧﴾

Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ ﰑ ﴿١٨﴾

And at the sky - how it is raised?

وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ ﰒ ﴿١٩﴾

And at the mountains - how they are erected?

وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ ﰓ ﴿٢٠﴾

And at the earth - how it is spread out?

فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ ﰔ ﴿٢١﴾

So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.

لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ ﰕ ﴿٢٢﴾

You are not over them a controller.

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ﰖ ﴿٢٣﴾

However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ ﰗ ﴿٢٤﴾

Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ ﰘ ﴿٢٥﴾

Indeed, to Us is their return.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم ﰙ ﴿٢٦﴾

Then indeed, upon Us is their account.