Al Gashiya

Transliteration

1 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

Shakir

1 Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

2 Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

3 AAamilatun nasibatun

Shakir

3 Laboring, toiling,

Pickthall

3 Toiling, weary,

Transliteration

4 Tasla naran hamiyatan

Shakir

4 Entering into burning fire,

Pickthall

4 Scorched by burning fire,

Transliteration

5 Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

Shakir

5 Made to drink from a boiling spring.

Pickthall

5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

Transliteration

6 Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

Shakir

6 They shall have no food but of thorns,

Pickthall

6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

Transliteration

7 La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

Shakir

7 Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

Pickthall

7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

Transliteration

8 Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun

Shakir

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

Pickthall

8 In that day other faces will be calm,

Transliteration

9 LisaAAyiha radiyatun

Shakir

9 Well - pleased because of their striving,

Pickthall

9 Glad for their effort past,

Transliteration

10 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

Shakir

10 In a lofty garden,

Pickthall

10 In a high Garden

Transliteration

11 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

Shakir

11 Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

Pickthall

11 Where they hear no idle speech,

Transliteration

12 Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

Shakir

12 Therein is a fountain flowing,

Pickthall

12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

Transliteration

13 Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

Shakir

13 Therein are thrones raised high,

Pickthall

13 Wherein are couches raised

Transliteration

14 Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

Shakir

14 And drinking - cups ready placed,

Pickthall

14 And goblets set at hand

Transliteration

15 Wanamariqu masfoofatun

Shakir

15 And cushions set in a row,

Pickthall

15 And cushions ranged

Transliteration

16 Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

Shakir

16 And carpets spread out.

Pickthall

16 And silken carpets spread.

Transliteration

17 Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat

Shakir

17 Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

18 Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat

Shakir

18 And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

Pickthall

18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

Transliteration

19 Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat

Shakir

19 And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

Pickthall

19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

Transliteration

20 Waila alardi kayfa sutihat

Shakir

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

Pickthall

20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

Transliteration

21 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

Shakir

21 Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.

Pickthall

21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

Transliteration

22 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

Shakir

22 You are not a watcher over them;

Pickthall

22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

Transliteration

23 Illa man tawalla wakafara

Shakir

23 But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

Pickthall

23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

Transliteration

24 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara

Shakir

24 Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

Pickthall

24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

Transliteration

25 Inna ilayna iyabahum

Shakir

25 Surely to Us is their turning back,

Pickthall

25 Lo! unto Us is their return

Transliteration

26 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

Shakir

26 Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.

Pickthall

26 And Ours their reckoning.