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Surah Al-Ghashiyah - Word by Word

(The Overwhelming)

bismillaahirrahmaanirrahiim
1

هَلْ اَتٰىكَ حَدِيْثُ الْغَاشِيَةِۗ ١

hal
هَلْ
Has
atāka
أَتَىٰكَ
(there) come to you
ḥadīthu
حَدِيثُ
(the) news
l-ghāshiyati
ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
(of) the Overwhelming?
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]? (QS. [88] Al-Ghashiyah: 1)
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2

وُجُوْهٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ ۙ ٢

wujūhun
وُجُوهٌ
Faces
yawma-idhin
يَوْمَئِذٍ
that Day
khāshiʿatun
خَٰشِعَةٌ
(will be) humbled
[Some] faces, thatDay, will be humbled, (QS. [88] Al-Ghashiyah: 2)
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3

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ ۙ ٣

ʿāmilatun
عَامِلَةٌ
Laboring
nāṣibatun
نَّاصِبَةٌ
exhausted
Working [hard] and exhausted. (QS. [88] Al-Ghashiyah: 3)
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4

تَصْلٰى نَارًا حَامِيَةً ۙ ٤

taṣlā
تَصْلَىٰ
They will burn
nāran
نَارًا
(in) a Fire
ḥāmiyatan
حَامِيَةً
intensely hot
They will [eter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire. (QS. [88] Al-Ghashiyah: 4)
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5

تُسْقٰى مِنْ عَيْنٍ اٰنِيَةٍ ۗ ٥

tus'qā
تُسْقَىٰ
They will be given to drink
min
مِنْ
from
ʿaynin
عَيْنٍ
a spring
āniyatin
ءَانِيَةٍ
boiling
They will be given drink from a boiling spring. (QS. [88] Al-Ghashiyah: 5)
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6

لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ اِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيْعٍۙ ٦

laysa
لَّيْسَ
Is not
lahum
لَهُمْ
for them
ṭaʿāmun
طَعَامٌ
food
illā
إِلَّا
except
min
مِن
from
ḍarīʿin
ضَرِيعٍ
a bitter thorny plant
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant (QS. [88] Al-Ghashiyah: 6)
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7

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِيْ مِنْ جُوْعٍۗ ٧

لَّا
Not
yus'minu
يُسْمِنُ
it nourishes
walā
وَلَا
and not
yugh'nī
يُغْنِى
it avails
min
مِن
against
jūʿin
جُوعٍ
hunger
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. (QS. [88] Al-Ghashiyah: 7)
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8

وُجُوْهٌ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ ۙ ٨

wujūhun
وُجُوهٌ
Faces
yawma-idhin
يَوْمَئِذٍ
that Day
nāʿimatun
نَّاعِمَةٌ
(will be) joyful
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. (QS. [88] Al-Ghashiyah: 8)
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9

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ۙ ٩

lisaʿyihā
لِّسَعْيِهَا
With their effort
rāḍiyatun
رَاضِيَةٌ
satisfied
With their effort [they are] satisfied (QS. [88] Al-Ghashiyah: 9)
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10

فِيْ جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۙ ١٠

فِى
In
jannatin
جَنَّةٍ
a garden
ʿāliyatin
عَالِيَةٍ
elevated
In an elevated garden, (QS. [88] Al-Ghashiyah: 10)
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