Al Gashiya

Shakir

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

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1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

Shakir

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

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2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

Shakir

3 Laboring, toiling,

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3 AAamilatun nasibatun

Shakir

4 Entering into burning fire,

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4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

Shakir

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

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5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

Shakir

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

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6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

Shakir

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

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7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

Shakir

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

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8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

Shakir

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

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9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

Shakir

10 In a lofty garden,

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10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

Shakir

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

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11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

Shakir

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

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12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

Shakir

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

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13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

Shakir

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

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14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

Shakir

15 And cushions set in a row,

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15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

Shakir

16 And carpets spread out.

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16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

Shakir

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

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17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

Shakir

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

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18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

Shakir

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

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19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

Shakir

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

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20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

Shakir

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

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21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

Shakir

22 You are not a watcher over them;

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22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

Shakir

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

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23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

Shakir

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

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24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

Shakir

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

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25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

Shakir

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

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26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum