| | Safi Kaskas rendition of Surah The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall(al-Ghashiyah)
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| 88:1 | | Have you heard about the Overwhelming Event? |
| 88:1 | | Have you heard about the Overwhelming Event? |
| 88:2 | | Some faces, that Day, will be humbled, |
| 88:2 | | Some faces, that Day, will be humbled, |
| 88:3 | | working hard and exhausted. |
| 88:3 | | working hard and exhausted. |
| 88:4 | | They will kindle an intensely hot Fire |
| 88:4 | | They will kindle an intensely hot Fire |
| 88:5 | | and will be given drinks from a boiling spring. |
| 88:5 | | and will be given drinks from a boiling spring. |
| 88:6 | | They will have no food except from a thorny plant, |
| 88:6 | | They will have no food except from a thorny plant, |
| 88:7 | | that neither nourishes nor satisfies hunger. |
| 88:7 | | that neither nourishes nor satisfies hunger. |
| 88:8 | | Other faces, that day, will be peaceful. |
| 88:8 | | Other faces, that day, will be peaceful. |
| 88:9 | | Well pleased with their endeavor, |
| 88:9 | | Well pleased with their endeavor, |
| 88:10 | | in an elevated Garden, |
| 88:10 | | in an elevated Garden, |
| 88:11 | | where they will hear no idle talk. |
| 88:11 | | where they will hear no idle talk. |
| 88:12 | | A flowing spring runs through it. |
| 88:12 | | A flowing spring runs through it. |
| 88:13 | | Raised couches are placed there, |
| 88:13 | | Raised couches are placed there, |
| 88:14 | | cups put in place |
| 88:14 | | cups put in place |
| 88:15 | | cushions lined up |
| 88:15 | | cushions lined up |
| 88:16 | | and carpets spread around. |
| 88:16 | | and carpets spread around. |
| 88:17 | | Don't they look at how the camels are created, |
| 88:17 | | Don't they look at how the camels are created, |
| 88:18 | | at how the sky is raised |
| 88:18 | | at how the sky is raised |
| 88:19 | | at how the mountains are erected |
| 88:19 | | at how the mountains are erected |
| 88:20 | | and at how the earth is spread out? |
| 88:20 | | and at how the earth is spread out? |
| 88:21 | | So remind them, for you are but a reminder. |
| 88:21 | | So remind them, for you are but a reminder. |
| 88:22 | | You are not in control of them. |
| 88:22 | | You are not in control of them. |
| 88:23 | | But whoever turns away and rejects the truth, |
| 88:23 | | But whoever turns away and rejects the truth, |
| 88:24 | | God will inflict him with the greatest punishment. |
| 88:24 | | God will inflict him with the greatest punishment. |
| 88:25 | | To Us is their return. |
| 88:25 | | To Us is their return. |
| 88:26 | | Then it is for Us to call them to account. |
| 88:26 | | Then it is for Us to call them to account. |
