Kitab

Al Gashiya

Chapter 88, 26 verses

  • Saheeh International
  • Shakir
  • Pickthall
  • Word by word
Saheeh International

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

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 ?

Word by word

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,

Pickthall

On that day (many) faces will be downcast,

Word by word

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ

Saheeh International

Working [hard] and exhausted.

Shakir

Laboring, toiling,

Pickthall

Toiling, weary,

Word by word

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

Entering into burning fire,

Pickthall

Scorched by burning fire,

Word by word

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

Saheeh International

They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

Shakir

Made to drink from a boiling spring.

Pickthall

Drinking from a boiling spring,

Word by word

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

They shall have no food but of thorns,

Pickthall

No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

Word by word

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

Saheeh International

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

Shakir

Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

Pickthall

Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

Word by word

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,

Pickthall

In that day other faces will be calm,

Word by word

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

Saheeh International

With their effort [they are] satisfied

Shakir

Well - pleased because of their striving,

Pickthall

Glad for their effort past,

Word by word

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

Saheeh International

In an elevated garden,

Shakir

In a lofty garden,

Pickthall

In a high Garden

Word by word

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

Saheeh International

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

Shakir

Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

Pickthall

Where they hear no idle speech,

Word by word

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً

Saheeh International

Within it is a flowing spring.

Shakir

Therein is a fountain flowing,

Pickthall

Wherein is a gushing spring,

Word by word

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

Saheeh International

Within it are couches raised high

Shakir

Therein are thrones raised high,

Pickthall

Wherein are couches raised

Word by word

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

Saheeh International

And cups put in place

Shakir

And drinking - cups ready placed,

Pickthall

And goblets set at hand

Word by word

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

Saheeh International

And cushions lined up

Shakir

And cushions set in a row,

Pickthall

And cushions ranged

Word by word

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

Saheeh International

And carpets spread around.

Shakir

And carpets spread out.

Pickthall

And silken carpets spread.

Word by word

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Word by word

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

Saheeh International

And at the sky - how it is raised?

Shakir

And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

Pickthall

And the heaven, how it is raised ?

Word by word

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

Saheeh International

And at the mountains - how they are erected?

Shakir

And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

Pickthall

And the hills, how they are set up ?

Word by word

وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

Saheeh International

And at the earth - how it is spread out?

Shakir

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

Pickthall

And the earth, how it is spread ?

Word by word

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.

Pickthall

Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

Word by word

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

Saheeh International

You are not over them a controller.

Shakir

You are not a watcher over them;

Pickthall

Thou art not at all a warder over them.

Word by word

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

Saheeh International

However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

Shakir

But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

Pickthall

But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

Word by word

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

Saheeh International

Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

Shakir

Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

Pickthall

Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

Word by word

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

Saheeh International

Indeed, to Us is their return.

Shakir

Surely to Us is their turning back,

Pickthall

Lo! unto Us is their return

Word by word

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

Saheeh International

Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

Shakir

Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.

Pickthall

And Ours their reckoning.

Word by word

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

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