Al Gashiya
Chapter 88, 26 verses
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Shakir
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Pickthall
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Saheeh International
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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 ?
Saheeh International
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
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,
Saheeh International
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Word by word
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Shakir
Laboring, toiling,
Pickthall
Toiling, weary,
Saheeh International
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Word by word
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Shakir
Entering into burning fire,
Pickthall
Scorched by burning fire,
Saheeh International
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Word by word
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Shakir
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
Pickthall
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Saheeh International
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
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تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
Shakir
They shall have no food but of thorns,
Pickthall
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
Saheeh International
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
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.
Saheeh International
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
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,
Saheeh International
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Shakir
Well - pleased because of their striving,
Pickthall
Glad for their effort past,
Saheeh International
With their effort [they are] satisfied
Word by word
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
Shakir
In a lofty garden,
Pickthall
In a high Garden
Saheeh International
In an elevated garden,
Word by word
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Shakir
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Pickthall
Where they hear no idle speech,
Saheeh International
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Word by word
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Shakir
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Pickthall
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Saheeh International
Within it is a flowing spring.
Word by word
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Shakir
Therein are thrones raised high,
Pickthall
Wherein are couches raised
Saheeh International
Within it are couches raised high
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فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Shakir
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Pickthall
And goblets set at hand
Saheeh International
And cups put in place
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وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
Shakir
And cushions set in a row,
Pickthall
And cushions ranged
Saheeh International
And cushions lined up
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وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
Shakir
And carpets spread out.
Pickthall
And silken carpets spread.
Saheeh International
And carpets spread around.
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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 ?
Saheeh International
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
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 ?
Saheeh International
And at the sky - how it is raised?
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 ?
Saheeh International
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
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وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
Shakir
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
Pickthall
And the earth, how it is spread ?
Saheeh International
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
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وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Shakir
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Pickthall
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
Saheeh International
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
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.
Saheeh International
You are not over them a controller.
Word by word
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
Shakir
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
Pickthall
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
Saheeh International
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
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إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Shakir
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Pickthall
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Saheeh International
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Word by word
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Shakir
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Pickthall
Lo! unto Us is their return
Saheeh International
Indeed, to Us is their return.
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إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Shakir
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Pickthall
And Ours their reckoning.
Saheeh International
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
Word by word
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم