Al Gashiya
Chapter 88, 26 verses
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Shakir
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Yusuf Ali
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Pickthall
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Word by word
Shakir
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Yusuf Ali
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
Word by word
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
Shakir
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Yusuf Ali
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
Pickthall
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Shakir
Laboring, toiling,
Yusuf Ali
Labouring (hard), weary, -
Pickthall
Toiling, weary,
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عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Shakir
Entering into burning fire,
Yusuf Ali
The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -
Pickthall
Scorched by burning fire,
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تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Shakir
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
Yusuf Ali
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
Pickthall
Drinking from a boiling spring,
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تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
Shakir
They shall have no food but of thorns,
Yusuf Ali
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
Pickthall
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
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لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Shakir
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
Yusuf Ali
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
Pickthall
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
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لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
Shakir
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
Yusuf Ali
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
Pickthall
In that day other faces will be calm,
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Shakir
Well - pleased because of their striving,
Yusuf Ali
Pleased with their striving, -
Pickthall
Glad for their effort past,
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لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
Shakir
In a lofty garden,
Yusuf Ali
In a Garden on high,
Pickthall
In a high Garden
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فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Shakir
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Yusuf Ali
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
Pickthall
Where they hear no idle speech,
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لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Shakir
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Yusuf Ali
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
Pickthall
Wherein is a gushing spring,
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فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Shakir
Therein are thrones raised high,
Yusuf Ali
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
Pickthall
Wherein are couches raised
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فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Shakir
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Yusuf Ali
Goblets placed (ready),
Pickthall
And goblets set at hand
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وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
Shakir
And cushions set in a row,
Yusuf Ali
And cushions set in rows,
Pickthall
And cushions ranged
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وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
Shakir
And carpets spread out.
Yusuf Ali
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
Pickthall
And silken carpets spread.
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وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Shakir
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Yusuf Ali
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -
Pickthall
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
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أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Shakir
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
Yusuf Ali
And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -
Pickthall
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
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وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
Shakir
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
Yusuf Ali
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -
Pickthall
And the hills, how they are set up ?
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وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
Shakir
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
Yusuf Ali
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
Pickthall
And the earth, how it is spread ?
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وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Shakir
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
Yusuf Ali
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
Pickthall
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
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فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Shakir
You are not a watcher over them;
Yusuf Ali
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
Pickthall
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
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لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
Shakir
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
Yusuf Ali
But if any turn away and reject Allah, -
Pickthall
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
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إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Shakir
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Yusuf Ali
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
Pickthall
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
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فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Shakir
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Yusuf Ali
For to Us will be their return;
Pickthall
Lo! unto Us is their return
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إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Shakir
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Yusuf Ali
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
Pickthall
And Ours their reckoning.
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ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم