Al Gashiya

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?

Saheeh International

1 Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

Shakir

1 Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?

Pickthall

2 On that day (many) faces will be downcast,

Saheeh International

2 [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

Shakir

2 (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,

Pickthall

3 Toiling, weary,

Saheeh International

3 Working [hard] and exhausted.

Shakir

3 Laboring, toiling,

Pickthall

4 Scorched by burning fire,

Saheeh International

4 They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

Shakir

4 Entering into burning fire,

Pickthall

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

Saheeh International

5 They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

Shakir

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

Pickthall

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

Saheeh International

6 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

Shakir

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

Pickthall

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

Saheeh International

7 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

Shakir

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

Pickthall

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

Saheeh International

8 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

Shakir

8 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy,

Pickthall

9 Glad for their effort past,

Saheeh International

9 With their effort [they are] satisfied

Shakir

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

Pickthall

10 In a high Garden

Saheeh International

10 In an elevated garden,

Shakir

10 In a lofty garden,

Pickthall

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

Saheeh International

11 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

Shakir

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

Pickthall

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

Saheeh International

12 Within it is a flowing spring.

Shakir

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

Pickthall

13 Wherein are couches raised

Saheeh International

13 Within it are couches raised high

Shakir

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

Pickthall

14 And goblets set at hand

Saheeh International

14 And cups put in place

Shakir

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

Pickthall

15 And cushions ranged

Saheeh International

15 And cushions lined up

Shakir

15 And cushions set in a row,

Pickthall

16 And silken carpets spread.

Saheeh International

16 And carpets spread around.

Shakir

16 And carpets spread out.

Pickthall

17 Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?

Saheeh International

17 Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

Shakir

17 Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?

Pickthall

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

Saheeh International

18 And at the sky - how it is raised?

Shakir

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

Pickthall

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

Saheeh International

19 And at the mountains - how they are erected?

Shakir

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

Pickthall

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

Saheeh International

20 And at the earth - how it is spread out?

Shakir

20 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?

Pickthall

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

Saheeh International

21 So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.

Shakir

21 Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.

Pickthall

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

Saheeh International

22 You are not over them a controller.

Shakir

22 You are not a watcher over them;

Pickthall

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

Saheeh International

23 However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

Shakir

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

Pickthall

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

Saheeh International

24 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

Shakir

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

Pickthall

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

Saheeh International

25 Indeed, to Us is their return.

Shakir

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

Pickthall

26 And Ours their reckoning.

Saheeh International

26 Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

Shakir

26 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.