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