Kitab

Al Gashiya

Chapter 88, 26 verses

  • Shakir
  • Pickthall
  • Arabic
  • Word by word
Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هل أتاك حديث الغاشية

Word by word

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ

Shakir

(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,

Pickthall

On that day (many) faces will be downcast,

Arabic

وجوه يومئذ خاشعة

Word by word

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ

Shakir

Laboring, toiling,

Pickthall

Toiling, weary,

Arabic

عاملة ناصبة

Word by word

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

Shakir

Entering into burning fire,

Pickthall

Scorched by burning fire,

Arabic

تصلى نارا حامية

Word by word

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

Shakir

Made to drink from a boiling spring.

Pickthall

Drinking from a boiling spring,

Arabic

تسقى من عين آنية

Word by word

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

Shakir

They shall have no food but of thorns,

Pickthall

No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

Arabic

ليس لهم طعام إلا من ضريع

Word by word

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

Shakir

Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

Pickthall

Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

Arabic

لا يسمن ولا يغني من جوع

Word by word

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

Shakir

(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,

Pickthall

In that day other faces will be calm,

Arabic

وجوه يومئذ ناعمة

Word by word

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

Shakir

Well - pleased because of their striving,

Pickthall

Glad for their effort past,

Arabic

لسعيها راضية

Word by word

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

Shakir

In a lofty garden,

Pickthall

In a high Garden

Arabic

في جنة عالية

Word by word

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

Shakir

Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

Pickthall

Where they hear no idle speech,

Arabic

لا تسمع فيها لاغية

Word by word

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً

Shakir

Therein is a fountain flowing,

Pickthall

Wherein is a gushing spring,

Arabic

فيها عين جارية

Word by word

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

Shakir

Therein are thrones raised high,

Pickthall

Wherein are couches raised

Arabic

فيها سرر مرفوعة

Word by word

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

Shakir

And drinking - cups ready placed,

Pickthall

And goblets set at hand

Arabic

وأكواب موضوعة

Word by word

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

Shakir

And cushions set in a row,

Pickthall

And cushions ranged

Arabic

ونمارق مصفوفة

Word by word

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

Shakir

And carpets spread out.

Pickthall

And silken carpets spread.

Arabic

وزرابي مبثوثة

Word by word

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Arabic

أفلا ينظرون إلى الإبل كيف خلقت

Word by word

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

Shakir

And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

Pickthall

And the heaven, how it is raised ?

Arabic

وإلى السماء كيف رفعت

Word by word

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

Shakir

And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

Pickthall

And the hills, how they are set up ?

Arabic

وإلى الجبال كيف نصبت

Word by word

وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

Shakir

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

Pickthall

And the earth, how it is spread ?

Arabic

وإلى الأرض كيف سطحت

Word by word

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

Shakir

Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.

Pickthall

Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

Arabic

فذكر إنما أنت مذكر

Word by word

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

Shakir

You are not a watcher over them;

Pickthall

Thou art not at all a warder over them.

Arabic

لست عليهم بمصيطر

Word by word

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

Shakir

But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

Pickthall

But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

Arabic

إلا من تولى وكفر

Word by word

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

Shakir

Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

Pickthall

Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

Arabic

فيعذبه الله العذاب الأكبر

Word by word

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

Shakir

Surely to Us is their turning back,

Pickthall

Lo! unto Us is their return

Arabic

إن إلينا إيابهم

Word by word

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

Shakir

Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.

Pickthall

And Ours their reckoning.

Arabic

ثم إن علينا حسابهم

Word by word

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

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