The Overwhelming

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ

Hal ataaka hadeesul ghaashiyah

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

وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ

Wujoohuny yawma 'izin khaashi'ah

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

عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ

'Aamilatun naasibah

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Working [hard] and exhausted.

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ

Taslaa naaran haamiyah

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

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ

Tusqaa min 'aynin aaniyah

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They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ

Laisa lahum ta'aamun illaa min daree'

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

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ

Laa yusminu wa laa yughnee min joo'

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Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ

Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naa'imah

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

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ

Lisa'yihaa raadiyah

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With their effort [they are] satisfied

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ

Fee jannatin 'aaliyah

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In an elevated garden,

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةًۭ

Laa tasma'u feehaa laaghiyah

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Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

فِيهَا عَيْنٌۭ جَارِيَةٌۭ

Feehaa 'aynun jaariyah

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Within it is a flowing spring.

فِيهَا سُرُرٌۭ مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ

Feehaa sururum marfoo'ah

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Within it are couches raised high

وَأَكْوَابٌۭ مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ

Wa akwaabum mawdoo 'ah

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And cups put in place

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ

Wa namaariqu masfoofah

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And cushions lined up

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

Wa zaraabiyyu mabsoosah

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And carpets spread around.

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

Afalaa yanzuroona ilalibili kaifa khuliqat

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

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

Wa ilas samaaa'i kaifa rufi'at

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And at the sky - how it is raised?

وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

Wa ilal jibaali kaifa nusibat

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And at the mountains - how they are erected?

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

Wa ilal ardi kaifa sutihat

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And at the earth - how it is spread out?

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