Al Gashiya
Chapter 88, 26 verses
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Shakir
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Pickthall
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Transliteration
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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 ?
Transliteration
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
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,
Transliteration
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
Word by word
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Shakir
Laboring, toiling,
Pickthall
Toiling, weary,
Transliteration
AAamilatun nasibatun
Word by word
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Shakir
Entering into burning fire,
Pickthall
Scorched by burning fire,
Transliteration
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Word by word
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Shakir
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
Pickthall
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Transliteration
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
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
Transliteration
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
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.
Transliteration
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
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,
Transliteration
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
Word by word
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Shakir
Well - pleased because of their striving,
Pickthall
Glad for their effort past,
Transliteration
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
Word by word
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
Shakir
In a lofty garden,
Pickthall
In a high Garden
Transliteration
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
Word by word
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Shakir
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Pickthall
Where they hear no idle speech,
Transliteration
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Word by word
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Shakir
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Pickthall
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Transliteration
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Word by word
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Shakir
Therein are thrones raised high,
Pickthall
Wherein are couches raised
Transliteration
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Word by word
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Shakir
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Pickthall
And goblets set at hand
Transliteration
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
Word by word
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
Shakir
And cushions set in a row,
Pickthall
And cushions ranged
Transliteration
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
Word by word
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
Shakir
And carpets spread out.
Pickthall
And silken carpets spread.
Transliteration
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
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 ?
Transliteration
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
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 ?
Transliteration
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
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 ?
Transliteration
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
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 ?
Transliteration
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
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,
Transliteration
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
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.
Transliteration
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
Word by word
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
Shakir
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
Pickthall
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
Transliteration
Illa man tawalla wakafara
Word by word
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Shakir
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Pickthall
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Transliteration
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Word by word
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Shakir
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Pickthall
Lo! unto Us is their return
Transliteration
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Word by word
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Shakir
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Pickthall
And Ours their reckoning.
Transliteration
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
Word by word
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم