Al Gashiya

Shakir

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

Transliteration

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

Pickthall

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

Shakir

3 Laboring, toiling,

Transliteration

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

Pickthall

3 Toiling, weary,

Shakir

4 Entering into burning fire,

Transliteration

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

Pickthall

4 Scorched by burning fire,

Shakir

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

Transliteration

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

Pickthall

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

Shakir

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

Transliteration

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

Pickthall

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

Shakir

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

Transliteration

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

Pickthall

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

Pickthall

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

Shakir

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

Transliteration

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

Pickthall

9 Glad for their effort past,

Shakir

10 In a lofty garden,

Transliteration

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

Pickthall

10 In a high Garden

Shakir

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

Transliteration

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

Pickthall

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

Shakir

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

Transliteration

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

Pickthall

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

Shakir

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

Transliteration

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

Pickthall

13 Wherein are couches raised

Shakir

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

Transliteration

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

Pickthall

14 And goblets set at hand

Shakir

15 And cushions set in a row,

Transliteration

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

Pickthall

15 And cushions ranged

Shakir

16 And carpets spread out.

Transliteration

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

Pickthall

16 And silken carpets spread.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

Pickthall

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

Shakir

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

Transliteration

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

Pickthall

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

Shakir

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

Transliteration

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

Pickthall

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

Shakir

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

Transliteration

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

Pickthall

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

Shakir

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

Transliteration

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

Pickthall

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

Shakir

22 You are not a watcher over them;

Transliteration

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

Pickthall

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

Shakir

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

Transliteration

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

Pickthall

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

Shakir

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

Transliteration

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

Pickthall

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

Shakir

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

Transliteration

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

Pickthall

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

Shakir

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

Transliteration

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

Pickthall

26 And Ours their reckoning.