Al Gashiya

Shakir

1 Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?

Yusuf Ali

1 Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?

Shakir

2 (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,

Yusuf Ali

2 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,

Shakir

3 Laboring, toiling,

Yusuf Ali

3 Labouring (hard), weary, -

Shakir

4 Entering into burning fire,

Yusuf Ali

4 The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -

Shakir

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

Yusuf Ali

5 The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,

Shakir

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

Yusuf Ali

6 No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'

Shakir

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

Yusuf Ali

7 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.

Shakir

8 (Other) faces on that day shall be happy,

Yusuf Ali

8 (Other) faces that Day will be joyful,

Shakir

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

Yusuf Ali

9 Pleased with their striving, -

Shakir

10 In a lofty garden,

Yusuf Ali

10 In a Garden on high,

Shakir

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

Yusuf Ali

11 Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:

Shakir

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

Yusuf Ali

12 Therein will be a bubbling spring:

Shakir

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

Yusuf Ali

13 Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,

Shakir

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

Yusuf Ali

14 Goblets placed (ready),

Shakir

15 And cushions set in a row,

Yusuf Ali

15 And cushions set in rows,

Shakir

16 And carpets spread out.

Yusuf Ali

16 And rich carpets (all) spread out.

Shakir

17 Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?

Yusuf Ali

17 Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -

Shakir

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

Yusuf Ali

18 And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -

Shakir

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

Yusuf Ali

19 And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -

Shakir

20 And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?

Yusuf Ali

20 And at the Earth, how it is spread out?

Shakir

21 Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.

Yusuf Ali

21 Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.

Shakir

22 You are not a watcher over them;

Yusuf Ali

22 Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.

Shakir

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

Yusuf Ali

23 But if any turn away and reject Allah, -

Shakir

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

Yusuf Ali

24 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,

Shakir

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

Yusuf Ali

25 For to Us will be their return;

Shakir

26 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.

Yusuf Ali

26 Then it will be for Us to call them to account.