Kitab

Al Gashiya

Chapter 88, 26 verses

  • Saheeh International
  • Pickthall
  • Shakir
  • Arabic, with marks
Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Arabic, with marks

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

On that day (many) faces will be downcast,

Shakir

(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,

Arabic, with marks

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

Saheeh International

Working [hard] and exhausted.

Pickthall

Toiling, weary,

Shakir

Laboring, toiling,

Arabic, with marks

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

Scorched by burning fire,

Shakir

Entering into burning fire,

Arabic, with marks

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

Saheeh International

They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

Pickthall

Drinking from a boiling spring,

Shakir

Made to drink from a boiling spring.

Arabic, with marks

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

Shakir

They shall have no food but of thorns,

Arabic, with marks

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

Saheeh International

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

Pickthall

Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

Shakir

Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

Arabic, with marks

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

In that day other faces will be calm,

Shakir

(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,

Arabic, with marks

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

Saheeh International

With their effort [they are] satisfied

Pickthall

Glad for their effort past,

Shakir

Well - pleased because of their striving,

Arabic, with marks

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

Saheeh International

In an elevated garden,

Pickthall

In a high Garden

Shakir

In a lofty garden,

Arabic, with marks

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

Saheeh International

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

Pickthall

Where they hear no idle speech,

Shakir

Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

Arabic, with marks

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

Saheeh International

Within it is a flowing spring.

Pickthall

Wherein is a gushing spring,

Shakir

Therein is a fountain flowing,

Arabic, with marks

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

Saheeh International

Within it are couches raised high

Pickthall

Wherein are couches raised

Shakir

Therein are thrones raised high,

Arabic, with marks

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

Saheeh International

And cups put in place

Pickthall

And goblets set at hand

Shakir

And drinking - cups ready placed,

Arabic, with marks

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

Saheeh International

And cushions lined up

Pickthall

And cushions ranged

Shakir

And cushions set in a row,

Arabic, with marks

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

Saheeh International

And carpets spread around.

Pickthall

And silken carpets spread.

Shakir

And carpets spread out.

Arabic, with marks

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Arabic, with marks

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

Saheeh International

And at the sky - how it is raised?

Pickthall

And the heaven, how it is raised ?

Shakir

And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

Arabic, with marks

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

Saheeh International

And at the mountains - how they are erected?

Pickthall

And the hills, how they are set up ?

Shakir

And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

Arabic, with marks

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

Saheeh International

And at the earth - how it is spread out?

Pickthall

And the earth, how it is spread ?

Shakir

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

Arabic, with marks

وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

Shakir

Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.

Arabic, with marks

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

Saheeh International

You are not over them a controller.

Pickthall

Thou art not at all a warder over them.

Shakir

You are not a watcher over them;

Arabic, with marks

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

Saheeh International

However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

Pickthall

But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

Shakir

But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

Arabic, with marks

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

Saheeh International

Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

Pickthall

Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

Shakir

Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

Arabic, with marks

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

Saheeh International

Indeed, to Us is their return.

Pickthall

Lo! unto Us is their return

Shakir

Surely to Us is their turning back,

Arabic, with marks

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ

Saheeh International

Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

Pickthall

And Ours their reckoning.

Shakir

Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.

Arabic, with marks

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

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