| | Muhammad Asad rendition of Surah The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall(al-Ghashiyah)
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| 88:1 | | HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? |
| 88:1 | | HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? |
| 88:2 | | Some faces will on that Day be downcast |
| 88:2 | | Some faces will on that Day be downcast |
| 88:3 | | toiling [under burdens of sin], worn out [by fear] |
| 88:3 | | toiling [under burdens of sin], worn out [by fear] |
| 88:4 | | about to enter a glowing fire |
| 88:4 | | about to enter a glowing fire |
| 88:5 | | given to drink from a boiling spring |
| 88:5 | | given to drink from a boiling spring |
| 88:6 | | No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns |
| 88:6 | | No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns |
| 88:7 | | which gives no strength and neither stills hunger |
| 88:7 | | which gives no strength and neither stills hunger |
| 88:8 | | [And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss |
| 88:8 | | [And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss |
| 88:9 | | well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving |
| 88:9 | | well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving |
| 88:10 | | in a garden sublime |
| 88:10 | | in a garden sublime |
| 88:11 | | wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk |
| 88:11 | | wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk |
| 88:12 | | Countless springs will flow therein |
| 88:12 | | Countless springs will flow therein |
| 88:13 | | [and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high |
| 88:13 | | [and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high |
| 88:14 | | and goblets placed ready |
| 88:14 | | and goblets placed ready |
| 88:15 | | and cushions ranged |
| 88:15 | | and cushions ranged |
| 88:16 | | and carpets spread out&hellip |
| 88:16 | | and carpets spread out&hellip |
| 88:17 | | DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created |
| 88:17 | | DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created |
| 88:18 | | And at the sky, how it is raised aloft |
| 88:18 | | And at the sky, how it is raised aloft |
| 88:19 | | And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared |
| 88:19 | | And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared |
| 88:20 | | And at the earth, how it is spread out |
| 88:20 | | And at the earth, how it is spread out |
| 88:21 | | And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort |
| 88:21 | | And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort |
| 88:22 | | thou canst not compel them [to believe] |
| 88:22 | | thou canst not compel them [to believe] |
| 88:23 | | However, as for him who turns away, being bent on denying the truth |
| 88:23 | | However, as for him who turns away, being bent on denying the truth |
| 88:24 | | him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come] |
| 88:24 | | him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come] |
| 88:25 | | for behold, unto Us will be their return |
| 88:25 | | for behold, unto Us will be their return |
| 88:26 | | and verily, It is for Us to call them to account |
| 88:26 | | and verily, It is for Us to call them to account |
