Surah Al-Gashiyah
Translation by:
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
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هَلْ اَتٰىكَ حَدِيْثُ الْغَاشِيَةِۗ
Hal atāka ḥadīṡul-gāsyiyah(ti).
Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺?
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وُجُوْهٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ ۙ
Wujūhuy yauma'iżin khāsyi‘ah(tun).
On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast,
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عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ ۙ
‘Amilatun nāṣibah(tun).
˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted,
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تَصْلٰى نَارًا حَامِيَةً ۙ
Taṣlā nāran ḥāmiyah(tan).
burning in a scorching Fire,
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تُسْقٰى مِنْ عَيْنٍ اٰنِيَةٍ ۗ
Tusqā min ‘ainin āniyah(tin).
left to drink from a scalding spring.
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لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ اِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيْعٍۙ
Laisa lahum ṭa‘āmun illā min ḍarī‘(in).
They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub,
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لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِيْ مِنْ جُوْعٍۗ
Lā yusminu wa lā yugnī min jū‘(in).
neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.
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وُجُوْهٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ ۙ
Wujūhuy yauma'iżin nā‘imah(tun).
On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss,
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لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ۙ
Lisa‘yihā rāḍiyah(tun).
˹fully˺ pleased with their striving,
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فِيْ جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۙ
Fī jannatin ‘āliyah(tin).
in an elevated Garden,
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لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيْهَا لَاغِيَةً ۗ
Lā tasama‘u fīhā lāgiyah(tan).
where no idle talk will be heard.
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فِيْهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ ۘ
Fīhā ‘ainun jāriyah(tun).
In it will be a running spring,
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فِيْهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوْعَةٌ ۙ
Fīhā sururum marfū‘ah(tun).
along with thrones raised high,
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وَّاَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوْعَةٌ ۙ
Wa akwābum mauḍū‘ah(tun).
and cups set at hand,
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وَّنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوْفَةٌ ۙ
Wa namāriqu maṣfūfah(tun).
and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up,
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وَّزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوْثَةٌ ۗ
Wa zarābiyyu mabṡūṡah(tun).
and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out.
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اَفَلَا يَنْظُرُوْنَ اِلَى الْاِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْۗ
Afalā yanẓurūna ilal-ibili kaifa khuliqat.
Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created;
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وَاِلَى السَّمَاۤءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْۗ
Wa ilas-samā'i kaifa rufi‘at.
and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺;
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وَاِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْۗ
Wa ilal-jibāli kaifa nuṣibat.
and the mountains—how they were firmly set up;
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وَاِلَى الْاَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْۗ
Wa ilal-arḍi kaifa suṭiḥat.
and the earth—how it was levelled out?
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فَذَكِّرْۗ اِنَّمَآ اَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌۙ
Fa żakkir, innamā anta mużakkir(un).
So, ˹continue to˺ remind ˹all, O Prophet˺, for your duty is only to remind.
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لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَيْطِرٍۙ
Lasta ‘alaihim bimusaiṭir(in).
You are not ˹there˺ to compel them ˹to believe˺.
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اِلَّا مَنْ تَوَلّٰى وَكَفَرَۙ
Illā man tawallā wa kafar(a).
But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief,
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فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللّٰهُ الْعَذَابَ الْاَكْبَرَۗ
Fa yu‘ażżibuhullāhul-‘ażābal-akbar(a).
then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment.
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اِنَّ اِلَيْنَآ اِيَابَهُمْ
Inna ilainā iyābahum.
Surely to Us is their return,
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ثُمَّ اِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ ࣖ
Ṡumma inna ‘alainā ḥisābahum.
then surely with Us is their reckoning.