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)?

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,

Yusuf Ali

2 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,

Pickthall

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

Shakir

3 Laboring, toiling,

Yusuf Ali

3 Labouring (hard), weary, -

Pickthall

3 Toiling, weary,

Shakir

4 Entering into burning fire,

Yusuf Ali

4 The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -

Pickthall

4 Scorched by burning 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,

Pickthall

5 Drinking from a boiling 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'

Pickthall

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

Shakir

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

Yusuf Ali

7 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.

Pickthall

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

8 (Other) faces that Day will be joyful,

Pickthall

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

Shakir

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

Yusuf Ali

9 Pleased with their striving, -

Pickthall

9 Glad for their effort past,

Shakir

10 In a lofty garden,

Yusuf Ali

10 In a Garden on high,

Pickthall

10 In a high Garden

Shakir

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

Shakir

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

Yusuf Ali

12 Therein will be a bubbling spring:

Pickthall

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

Shakir

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

13 Wherein are couches raised

Shakir

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

Yusuf Ali

14 Goblets placed (ready),

Pickthall

14 And goblets set at hand

Shakir

15 And cushions set in a row,

Yusuf Ali

15 And cushions set in rows,

Pickthall

15 And cushions ranged

Shakir

16 And carpets spread out.

Yusuf Ali

16 And rich carpets (all) spread out.

Pickthall

16 And silken carpets spread.

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? -

Pickthall

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

Shakir

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

Shakir

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

Shakir

22 You are not a watcher over them;

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

Shakir

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

Yusuf Ali

23 But if any turn away and reject Allah, -

Pickthall

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

Shakir

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

Yusuf Ali

24 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,

Pickthall

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

Shakir

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

Yusuf Ali

25 For to Us will be their return;

Pickthall

25 Lo! unto Us is 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.

Pickthall

26 And Ours their reckoning.