English translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Marmaduke Pickthall
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Surah 88 الغاشية
26 Verses
Meccan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ Verse 1
Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming?
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ Verse 2
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
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عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ Verse 3
Toiling, weary,
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تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً Verse 4
Scorched by burning fire,
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تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ Verse 5
Drinking from a boiling spring,
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لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ Verse 6
No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit
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لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ Verse 7
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ Verse 8
In that day other faces will be calm,
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لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ Verse 9
Glad for their effort past,
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فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ Verse 10
In a high Garden
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لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً Verse 11
Where they hear no idle speech,
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فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ Verse 12
Wherein is a gushing spring,
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فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ Verse 13
Wherein are couches raised
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وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ Verse 14
And goblets set at hand
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وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ Verse 15
And cushions ranged
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وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ Verse 16
And silken carpets spread.
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أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ Verse 17
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created?
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وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ Verse 18
And the heaven, how it is raised?
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وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ Verse 19
And the hills, how they are set up?
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وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ Verse 20
And the earth, how it is spread?
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فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ Verse 21
Remind them, for thou art but an admonisher,
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لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ Verse 22
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
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إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ Verse 23
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
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فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ Verse 24
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
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إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ Verse 25
Lo! unto Us is their return
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ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم Verse 26
And Ours their reckoning.
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