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