Al Gashiya

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

1 Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

2 [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

Pickthall

2 On that day (many) faces will be downcast,

Shakir

3 Laboring, toiling,

Saheeh International

3 Working [hard] and exhausted.

Pickthall

3 Toiling, weary,

Shakir

4 Entering into burning fire,

Saheeh International

4 They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

Pickthall

4 Scorched by burning fire,

Shakir

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

Saheeh International

5 They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

Pickthall

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

Shakir

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

Saheeh International

6 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

Pickthall

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

Shakir

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

Saheeh International

7 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

Pickthall

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

8 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

Pickthall

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

Shakir

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

Saheeh International

9 With their effort [they are] satisfied

Pickthall

9 Glad for their effort past,

Shakir

10 In a lofty garden,

Saheeh International

10 In an elevated garden,

Pickthall

10 In a high Garden

Shakir

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

Saheeh International

11 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

Pickthall

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

Shakir

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

Saheeh International

12 Within it is a flowing spring.

Pickthall

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

Shakir

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

Saheeh International

13 Within it are couches raised high

Pickthall

13 Wherein are couches raised

Shakir

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

Saheeh International

14 And cups put in place

Pickthall

14 And goblets set at hand

Shakir

15 And cushions set in a row,

Saheeh International

15 And cushions lined up

Pickthall

15 And cushions ranged

Shakir

16 And carpets spread out.

Saheeh International

16 And carpets spread around.

Pickthall

16 And silken carpets spread.

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

17 Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

Pickthall

17 Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?

Shakir

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

Saheeh International

18 And at the sky - how it is raised?

Pickthall

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

Shakir

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

Saheeh International

19 And at the mountains - how they are erected?

Pickthall

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

20 And at the earth - how it is spread out?

Pickthall

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

21 So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.

Pickthall

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

Shakir

22 You are not a watcher over them;

Saheeh International

22 You are not over them a controller.

Pickthall

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

Shakir

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

Saheeh International

23 However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

Pickthall

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

Shakir

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

Saheeh International

24 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

Pickthall

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

Shakir

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

Saheeh International

25 Indeed, to Us is their return.

Pickthall

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

26 Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

Pickthall

26 And Ours their reckoning.