Al Gashiya
Chapter 88, 26 verses
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Shakir
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Arabic, with marks
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Pickthall
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Saheeh International
Shakir
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
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 ?
Saheeh International
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Shakir
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Arabic, with marks
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
Pickthall
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
Saheeh International
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Shakir
Laboring, toiling,
Arabic, with marks
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Pickthall
Toiling, weary,
Saheeh International
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Shakir
Entering into burning fire,
Arabic, with marks
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Pickthall
Scorched by burning fire,
Saheeh International
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Shakir
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
Arabic, with marks
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
Pickthall
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Saheeh International
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Shakir
They shall have no food but of thorns,
Arabic, with marks
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Pickthall
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
Saheeh International
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
Shakir
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
Arabic, with marks
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ
Pickthall
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Saheeh International
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
Shakir
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
Arabic, with marks
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Pickthall
In that day other faces will be calm,
Saheeh International
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
Shakir
Well - pleased because of their striving,
Arabic, with marks
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
Pickthall
Glad for their effort past,
Saheeh International
With their effort [they are] satisfied
Shakir
In a lofty garden,
Arabic, with marks
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Pickthall
In a high Garden
Saheeh International
In an elevated garden,
Shakir
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Arabic, with marks
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
Pickthall
Where they hear no idle speech,
Saheeh International
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Shakir
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Arabic, with marks
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Pickthall
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Saheeh International
Within it is a flowing spring.
Shakir
Therein are thrones raised high,
Arabic, with marks
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Pickthall
Wherein are couches raised
Saheeh International
Within it are couches raised high
Shakir
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Arabic, with marks
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
Pickthall
And goblets set at hand
Saheeh International
And cups put in place
Shakir
And cushions set in a row,
Arabic, with marks
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
Pickthall
And cushions ranged
Saheeh International
And cushions lined up
Shakir
And carpets spread out.
Arabic, with marks
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Pickthall
And silken carpets spread.
Saheeh International
And carpets spread around.
Shakir
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Arabic, with marks
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
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?
Shakir
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
Arabic, with marks
وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
Pickthall
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
Saheeh International
And at the sky - how it is raised?
Shakir
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
Arabic, with marks
وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
Pickthall
And the hills, how they are set up ?
Saheeh International
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
Shakir
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
Arabic, with marks
وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Pickthall
And the earth, how it is spread ?
Saheeh International
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
Shakir
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Arabic, with marks
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Pickthall
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
Saheeh International
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Shakir
You are not a watcher over them;
Arabic, with marks
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
Pickthall
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
Saheeh International
You are not over them a controller.
Shakir
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
Arabic, with marks
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Pickthall
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
Saheeh International
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
Shakir
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Arabic, with marks
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
Pickthall
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Saheeh International
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Shakir
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Arabic, with marks
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
Pickthall
Lo! unto Us is their return
Saheeh International
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Shakir
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Arabic, with marks
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
Pickthall
And Ours their reckoning.
Saheeh International
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.