Al Gashiya
Chapter 88, 26 verses
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Shakir
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Transliteration
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Pickthall
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Word by word
Shakir
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Transliteration
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
Shakir
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Transliteration
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
Pickthall
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Shakir
Laboring, toiling,
Transliteration
AAamilatun nasibatun
Pickthall
Toiling, weary,
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عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Shakir
Entering into burning fire,
Transliteration
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Pickthall
Scorched by burning fire,
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تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Shakir
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
Transliteration
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
Pickthall
Drinking from a boiling spring,
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تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
Shakir
They shall have no food but of thorns,
Transliteration
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
Pickthall
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
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لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Shakir
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
Transliteration
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Pickthall
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
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لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
Shakir
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
Transliteration
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
Pickthall
In that day other faces will be calm,
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Shakir
Well - pleased because of their striving,
Transliteration
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
Pickthall
Glad for their effort past,
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لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
Shakir
In a lofty garden,
Transliteration
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
Pickthall
In a high Garden
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فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Shakir
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Transliteration
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Pickthall
Where they hear no idle speech,
Word by word
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Shakir
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Transliteration
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Pickthall
Wherein is a gushing spring,
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فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Shakir
Therein are thrones raised high,
Transliteration
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Pickthall
Wherein are couches raised
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فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Shakir
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Transliteration
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
Pickthall
And goblets set at hand
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وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
Shakir
And cushions set in a row,
Transliteration
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
Pickthall
And cushions ranged
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وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
Shakir
And carpets spread out.
Transliteration
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
Pickthall
And silken carpets spread.
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وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Shakir
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Transliteration
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Pickthall
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
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أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Shakir
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
Transliteration
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
Pickthall
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
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وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
Shakir
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
Transliteration
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
Pickthall
And the hills, how they are set up ?
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وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
Shakir
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
Transliteration
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
Pickthall
And the earth, how it is spread ?
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وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Shakir
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Transliteration
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Pickthall
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
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فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Shakir
You are not a watcher over them;
Transliteration
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
Pickthall
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
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لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
Shakir
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
Transliteration
Illa man tawalla wakafara
Pickthall
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
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إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Shakir
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Transliteration
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Pickthall
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Word by word
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Shakir
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Transliteration
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Pickthall
Lo! unto Us is their return
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إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Shakir
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Transliteration
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
Pickthall
And Ours their reckoning.
Word by word
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم