Al Gashiya
Chapter 88, 26 verses
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Pickthall
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Yusuf Ali
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Shakir
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Word by word
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
Yusuf Ali
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
Shakir
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Word by word
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
Pickthall
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
Yusuf Ali
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
Shakir
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Pickthall
Toiling, weary,
Yusuf Ali
Labouring (hard), weary, -
Shakir
Laboring, toiling,
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عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Pickthall
Scorched by burning fire,
Yusuf Ali
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
Shakir
Entering into burning fire,
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تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Pickthall
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Yusuf Ali
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
Shakir
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
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تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
Pickthall
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
Yusuf Ali
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
Shakir
They shall have no food but of thorns,
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لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Pickthall
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Yusuf Ali
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
Shakir
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
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لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
Pickthall
In that day other faces will be calm,
Yusuf Ali
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
Shakir
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Pickthall
Glad for their effort past,
Yusuf Ali
Pleased with their striving, -
Shakir
Well - pleased because of their striving,
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لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
Pickthall
In a high Garden
Yusuf Ali
In a Garden on high,
Shakir
In a lofty garden,
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فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Pickthall
Where they hear no idle speech,
Yusuf Ali
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
Shakir
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
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لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Pickthall
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Yusuf Ali
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Shakir
Therein is a fountain flowing,
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فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Pickthall
Wherein are couches raised
Yusuf Ali
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
Shakir
Therein are thrones raised high,
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فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Pickthall
And goblets set at hand
Yusuf Ali
Goblets placed (ready),
Shakir
And drinking - cups ready placed,
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وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
Pickthall
And cushions ranged
Yusuf Ali
And cushions set in rows,
Shakir
And cushions set in a row,
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وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
Pickthall
And silken carpets spread.
Yusuf Ali
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
Shakir
And carpets spread out.
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وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Pickthall
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Yusuf Ali
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
Shakir
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
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أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Pickthall
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
Yusuf Ali
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
Shakir
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
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وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
Pickthall
And the hills, how they are set up ?
Yusuf Ali
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
Shakir
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
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وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
Pickthall
And the earth, how it is spread ?
Yusuf Ali
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
Shakir
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
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وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Pickthall
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
Yusuf Ali
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
Shakir
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
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فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Pickthall
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
Yusuf Ali
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
Shakir
You are not a watcher over them;
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لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
Pickthall
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
Yusuf Ali
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
Shakir
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
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إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Pickthall
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Yusuf Ali
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
Shakir
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
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فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Pickthall
Lo! unto Us is their return
Yusuf Ali
For to Us will be their return;
Shakir
Surely to Us is their turning back,
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إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Pickthall
And Ours their reckoning.
Yusuf Ali
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
Shakir
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
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ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم