Al Gashiya
Chapter 88, 26 verses
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Transliteration
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Pickthall
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Shakir
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Transliteration
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
Shakir
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
Transliteration
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
Pickthall
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
Shakir
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Transliteration
AAamilatun nasibatun
Pickthall
Toiling, weary,
Shakir
Laboring, toiling,
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عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Transliteration
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Pickthall
Scorched by burning fire,
Shakir
Entering into burning fire,
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تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Transliteration
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
Pickthall
Drinking from a boiling spring,
Shakir
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
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تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
Transliteration
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
Pickthall
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
Shakir
They shall have no food but of thorns,
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لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Transliteration
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Pickthall
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
Shakir
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
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لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
Transliteration
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
Pickthall
In that day other faces will be calm,
Shakir
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Transliteration
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
Pickthall
Glad for their effort past,
Shakir
Well - pleased because of their striving,
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لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
Transliteration
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
Pickthall
In a high Garden
Shakir
In a lofty garden,
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فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Transliteration
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Pickthall
Where they hear no idle speech,
Shakir
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
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لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Transliteration
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Pickthall
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Shakir
Therein is a fountain flowing,
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فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Transliteration
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Pickthall
Wherein are couches raised
Shakir
Therein are thrones raised high,
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فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Transliteration
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
Pickthall
And goblets set at hand
Shakir
And drinking - cups ready placed,
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وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
Transliteration
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
Pickthall
And cushions ranged
Shakir
And cushions set in a row,
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وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
Transliteration
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
Pickthall
And silken carpets spread.
Shakir
And carpets spread out.
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وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Transliteration
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Pickthall
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
Shakir
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
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أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Transliteration
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
Pickthall
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
Shakir
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
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وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
Transliteration
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
Pickthall
And the hills, how they are set up ?
Shakir
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
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وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
Transliteration
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
Pickthall
And the earth, how it is spread ?
Shakir
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
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وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Transliteration
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Pickthall
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
Shakir
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
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فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Transliteration
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
Pickthall
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
Shakir
You are not a watcher over them;
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لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
Transliteration
Illa man tawalla wakafara
Pickthall
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
Shakir
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
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إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Transliteration
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Pickthall
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Shakir
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
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فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Transliteration
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Pickthall
Lo! unto Us is their return
Shakir
Surely to Us is their turning back,
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إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Transliteration
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
Pickthall
And Ours their reckoning.
Shakir
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
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ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم