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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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 ?
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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
Transliteration
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
Shakir
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
Pickthall
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Transliteration
AAamilatun nasibatun
Shakir
Laboring, toiling,
Pickthall
Toiling, weary,
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عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Transliteration
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Shakir
Entering into burning fire,
Pickthall
Scorched by burning fire,
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تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Transliteration
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
Shakir
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
Pickthall
Drinking from a boiling spring,
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تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
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
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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.
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لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
Transliteration
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
Shakir
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
Pickthall
In that day other faces will be calm,
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Transliteration
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
Shakir
Well - pleased because of their striving,
Pickthall
Glad for their effort past,
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لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
Transliteration
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
Shakir
In a lofty garden,
Pickthall
In a high Garden
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فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Transliteration
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Shakir
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Pickthall
Where they hear no idle speech,
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لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Transliteration
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Shakir
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Pickthall
Wherein is a gushing spring,
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فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Transliteration
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Shakir
Therein are thrones raised high,
Pickthall
Wherein are couches raised
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فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Transliteration
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
Shakir
And drinking - cups ready placed,
Pickthall
And goblets set at hand
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وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
Transliteration
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
Shakir
And cushions set in a row,
Pickthall
And cushions ranged
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وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
Transliteration
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
Shakir
And carpets spread out.
Pickthall
And silken carpets spread.
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وَزَرَابِىُّ 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 ?
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أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Transliteration
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
Shakir
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
Pickthall
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
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وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ 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 ?
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وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ 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 ?
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وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ 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,
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فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Transliteration
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
Shakir
You are not a watcher over them;
Pickthall
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
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لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
Transliteration
Illa man tawalla wakafara
Shakir
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
Pickthall
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
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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.
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فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Transliteration
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Shakir
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Pickthall
Lo! unto Us is their return
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إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Transliteration
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
Shakir
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Pickthall
And Ours their reckoning.
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ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم