Al Gashiya
Chapter 88, 26 verses
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Shakir
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Pickthall
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Yusuf Ali
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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 ?
Yusuf Ali
Has the story reached thee 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,
Yusuf Ali
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
Word by word
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Shakir
Laboring, toiling,
Pickthall
Toiling, weary,
Yusuf Ali
Labouring (hard), weary, -
Word by word
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Shakir
Entering into burning fire,
Pickthall
Scorched by burning fire,
Yusuf Ali
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
Word by word
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Shakir
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
Pickthall
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Yusuf Ali
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
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
Yusuf Ali
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
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.
Yusuf Ali
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy 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,
Yusuf Ali
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
Word by word
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Shakir
Well - pleased because of their striving,
Pickthall
Glad for their effort past,
Yusuf Ali
Pleased with their striving, -
Word by word
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
Shakir
In a lofty garden,
Pickthall
In a high Garden
Yusuf Ali
In a Garden on high,
Word by word
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Shakir
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Pickthall
Where they hear no idle speech,
Yusuf Ali
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
Word by word
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Shakir
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Pickthall
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Yusuf Ali
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Word by word
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Shakir
Therein are thrones raised high,
Pickthall
Wherein are couches raised
Yusuf Ali
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
Word by word
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Shakir
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Pickthall
And goblets set at hand
Yusuf Ali
Goblets placed (ready),
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وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
Shakir
And cushions set in a row,
Pickthall
And cushions ranged
Yusuf Ali
And cushions set in rows,
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وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
Shakir
And carpets spread out.
Pickthall
And silken carpets spread.
Yusuf Ali
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
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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 ?
Yusuf Ali
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
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 ?
Yusuf Ali
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
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 ?
Yusuf Ali
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
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 ?
Yusuf Ali
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,
Yusuf Ali
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
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.
Yusuf Ali
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
Word by word
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
Shakir
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
Pickthall
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
Yusuf Ali
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
Word by word
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Shakir
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Pickthall
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Yusuf Ali
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
Word by word
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Shakir
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Pickthall
Lo! unto Us is their return
Yusuf Ali
For to Us will be 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.
Yusuf Ali
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
Word by word
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم