The Overwhelming
Surah
Al-Ghashiyah
88

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Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺?

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On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast,

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˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted,

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burning in a scorching Fire,

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left to drink from a scalding spring.

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They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub,

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neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.

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On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss,

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˹fully˺ pleased with their striving,

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in an elevated Garden,

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