هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? (1) وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ Some faces will on that Day be downcast, (2) عَامِلَةٌ نَاصِبَةٌ toiling [under burdens of sin], worn out [by fear], (3) تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً about to enter a glowing fire, (4) تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ given to drink from a boiling spring. (5) لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيعٍ No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns, (6) لَا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنْ جُوعٍ which gives no strength and neither stills hunger. (7) وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاعِمَةٌ [And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss, (8) لِسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving, (9) فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ in a garden sublime, (10) |
Abdullah Yusuf Ali Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?6096 (Translation) 6096. Al Ghashiyah: the thing or event that overshadows or overwhelms, that covers over or makes people lose their senses. In 12:107, it is described as the "covering veil of the Wrath of Allah"; where see n. 1790. The Day of Judgement is indicated, as the Event of overwhelming importance in which all our petty differences of this imperfect world are covered over and overwhelmed in a new world of perfect justice and truth. Buy this commentary from Amazon  .Other Translations of Verse : • Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? (Abdullah Yusuf Ali) • Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming? (Mohamed Marmaduke Pickthall) • Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity? (M. H. Shakir) • Has there come to you the narration of the overwhelming (i.e. the Day of Resurrection); (Taqiuddin Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan) • Hath there come Unto thee the story of the Enveloping Event? (Abdul-Majid Daryabadi) • Have you received the news of the Enveloper? (Hassan Qaribullah and Ahmed Darwish) • Has there come to thee the news of the Enveloper? (Muhammad Ayub Khan) • Has there come to thee the news of the overwhelming calamity? (Sher Ali) • HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event? (Muhammad Asad) • Hast thou received the story of the Enveloper? (Arthur John Arberry) |