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Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
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Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
Al Gashiya
Chapter 88, 26 verses
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Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
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Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
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Labouring (hard), weary, -
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AAamilatun nasibatun
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The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
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Tasla naran hamiyatan
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The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
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Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
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No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
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Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
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Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
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La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
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(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
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Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
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Pleased with their striving, -
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LisaAAyiha radiyatun
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In a Garden on high,
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Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
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Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
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La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
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Therein will be a bubbling spring:
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Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
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Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
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Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
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Goblets placed (ready),
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Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
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And cushions set in rows,
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Wanamariqu masfoofatun
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And rich carpets (all) spread out.
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Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
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Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
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Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
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And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
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Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
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And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
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Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
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And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
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Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
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Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
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Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
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Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
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Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
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But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
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Illa man tawalla wakafara
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Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
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FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
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For to Us will be their return;
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Inna ilayna iyabahum
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Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
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Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum