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Translation of the Holy Quran by Dr.
Gilani |
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The Overwhelming Event
- Chapter 88
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ
الرَّحِيمِ |
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In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful |
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هَلْ أَتَاكَ
حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ |
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1- |
Has (the importance of) the explanation about
the Overwhelming Event reached you (your mind)? |
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وُجُوهٌ
يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ |
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Some faces on that Day (of Judgment) will be
humiliated, |
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Having worked (so hard for worldly life) and
then worried, |
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Getting into the Blazing Fire. |
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تُسْقَى مِنْ
عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ |
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They will be given to drink from a boiling
drink (of their sins). |
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لَّيْسَ
لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ |
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No food will they get but from a thorny
bitter plant (of their deeds), |
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لَا يُسْمِنُ
وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ |
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Which will neither nourish, nor give them any
relief from hunger. |
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وُجُوهٌ
يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ |
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Other faces on that Day will be delighted. |
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Glad and pleased for their good efforts
(during their lifetime on the earth). |
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They will be in the lofty Garden (of
Paradise). |
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لَّا تَسْمَعُ
فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً |
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They will not hear any nonsense or vain talk
there. |
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There is a running spring there. |
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فِيهَا سُرُرٌ
مَّرْفُوعَةٌ |
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There are high couches there, |
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And cups set for use, |
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And cushion set in rows, |
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And fine carpets spread out, |
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أَفَلَا
يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ |
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Why don't they (the disbelievers) look at the
camels, how they have been created. |
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وَإِلَى
السَّمَاء كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ |
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And at the sky how high it has been raised
high. |
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وَإِلَى
الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ |
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And at the mountains how they are firmly
fixed (in earth). |
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وَإِلَى
الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ |
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And at the earth how nicely it is spread out. |
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فَذَكِّرْ
إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ |
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So do remind people (O Muhammad), since you
are a reminder. |
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لَّسْتَ
عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ |
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You are not a dictator over them. |
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إِلَّا مَن
تَوَلَّى وَكَفَرَ |
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However, the person who turns away and denies
the truth, |
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فَيُعَذِّبُهُ
اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ |
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Then God will punish him (or her) with the
greatest punishment. |
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إِنَّ
إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ |
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As indeed to Us will be their return. |
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ثُمَّ إِنَّ
عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ |
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Then also it is for Us to call them to
account. |
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