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 ?

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

Pickthall

3 Toiling, weary,

Saheeh International

3 Working [hard] and exhausted.

Transliteration

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

Pickthall

4 Scorched by burning fire,

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

Pickthall

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

Saheeh International

5 They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

Transliteration

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

Pickthall

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

Pickthall

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

Saheeh International

7 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

Transliteration

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

Pickthall

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

Pickthall

9 Glad for their effort past,

Saheeh International

9 With their effort [they are] satisfied

Transliteration

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

Pickthall

10 In a high Garden

Saheeh International

10 In an elevated garden,

Transliteration

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

Pickthall

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

Saheeh International

11 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

Transliteration

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

Pickthall

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

Saheeh International

12 Within it is a flowing spring.

Transliteration

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

Pickthall

13 Wherein are couches raised

Saheeh International

13 Within it are couches raised high

Transliteration

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

Pickthall

14 And goblets set at hand

Saheeh International

14 And cups put in place

Transliteration

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

Pickthall

15 And cushions ranged

Saheeh International

15 And cushions lined up

Transliteration

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

Pickthall

16 And silken carpets spread.

Saheeh International

16 And carpets spread around.

Transliteration

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

Pickthall

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

Saheeh International

18 And at the sky - how it is raised?

Transliteration

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

Pickthall

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

Saheeh International

19 And at the mountains - how they are erected?

Transliteration

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

Pickthall

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

Saheeh International

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,

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

Pickthall

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

Saheeh International

22 You are not over them a controller.

Transliteration

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

Pickthall

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

Saheeh International

23 However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

Transliteration

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

Pickthall

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

Saheeh International

24 Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

Transliteration

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

Pickthall

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

Saheeh International

25 Indeed, to Us is their return.

Transliteration

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

Pickthall

26 And Ours their reckoning.

Saheeh International

26 Then indeed, upon Us is their account.