Al Gashiya

Transliteration

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

Pickthall

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

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)?

Transliteration

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

2 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,

Transliteration

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

Pickthall

3 Toiling, weary,

Shakir

3 Laboring, toiling,

Yusuf Ali

3 Labouring (hard), weary, -

Transliteration

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

Pickthall

4 Scorched by burning fire,

Shakir

4 Entering into burning fire,

Yusuf Ali

4 The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -

Transliteration

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

Pickthall

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

Shakir

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

Pickthall

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

Shakir

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

Pickthall

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

Shakir

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

Yusuf Ali

7 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.

Transliteration

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

Pickthall

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

8 (Other) faces that Day will be joyful,

Transliteration

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

Pickthall

9 Glad for their effort past,

Shakir

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

Yusuf Ali

9 Pleased with their striving, -

Transliteration

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

Pickthall

10 In a high Garden

Shakir

10 In a lofty garden,

Yusuf Ali

10 In a Garden on high,

Transliteration

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

Pickthall

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

Shakir

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

Pickthall

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

Shakir

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

Yusuf Ali

12 Therein will be a bubbling spring:

Transliteration

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

Pickthall

13 Wherein are couches raised

Shakir

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

Pickthall

14 And goblets set at hand

Shakir

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

Yusuf Ali

14 Goblets placed (ready),

Transliteration

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

Pickthall

15 And cushions ranged

Shakir

15 And cushions set in a row,

Yusuf Ali

15 And cushions set in rows,

Transliteration

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

Pickthall

16 And silken carpets spread.

Shakir

16 And carpets spread out.

Yusuf Ali

16 And rich carpets (all) spread out.

Transliteration

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

Pickthall

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

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? -

Transliteration

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

Pickthall

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

Shakir

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

Pickthall

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

Shakir

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

Pickthall

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

Pickthall

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

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.

Transliteration

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

Pickthall

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

Shakir

22 You are not a watcher over them;

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

Pickthall

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

Shakir

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

Yusuf Ali

23 But if any turn away and reject Allah, -

Transliteration

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

Pickthall

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

Shakir

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

Yusuf Ali

24 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,

Transliteration

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

Pickthall

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

Shakir

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

Yusuf Ali

25 For to Us will be their return;

Transliteration

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

Pickthall

26 And Ours their reckoning.

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.