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