Al Gashiya

Yusuf Ali

1 Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?

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

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2 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,

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

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3 Labouring (hard), weary, -

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3 Toiling, weary,

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4 The while they enter the Blazing Fire, -

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4 Scorched by burning fire,

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5 The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,

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5 Drinking from a boiling spring,

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6 No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'

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6 No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit

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7 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.

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7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

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8 (Other) faces that Day will be joyful,

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8 In that day other faces will be calm,

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9 Pleased with their striving, -

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9 Glad for their effort past,

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10 In a Garden on high,

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10 In a high Garden

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11 Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:

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11 Where they hear no idle speech,

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12 Therein will be a bubbling spring:

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12 Wherein is a gushing spring,

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13 Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,

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13 Wherein are couches raised

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14 Goblets placed (ready),

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14 And goblets set at hand

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15 And cushions set in rows,

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15 And cushions ranged

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16 And rich carpets (all) spread out.

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16 And silken carpets spread.

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17 Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -

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

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18 And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -

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18 And the heaven, how it is raised ?

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19 And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm? -

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19 And the hills, how they are set up ?

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20 And at the Earth, how it is spread out?

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20 And the earth, how it is spread ?

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21 Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.

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21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

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22 Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.

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22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.

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23 But if any turn away and reject Allah, -

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23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

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24 Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,

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24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

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25 For to Us will be their return;

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25 Lo! unto Us is their return

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26 Then it will be for Us to call them to account.

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26 And Ours their reckoning.