AL-GHASHIYA (THE OVERWHELMING, THE PALL)
Total Verses: 26
Revealed At: MAKKA
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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
[88:1]
YUSUFALI: Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
PICKTHAL: Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming?
SHAKIR: as not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
[88:2]
YUSUFALI: Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
PICKTHAL: On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
SHAKIR: Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
[88:3]
YUSUFALI: Labouring (hard), weary,-
PICKTHAL: Toiling, weary,
SHAKIR: aboring, toiling,
[88:4]
YUSUFALI: The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-
PICKTHAL: Scorched by burning fire,
SHAKIR: ntering into burning fire,
[88:5]
YUSUFALI: The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
PICKTHAL: Drinking from a boiling spring,
SHAKIR: ade to drink from a boiling spring.
[88:6]
YUSUFALI: No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
PICKTHAL: No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit
SHAKIR: hey shall have no food but of thorns,
[88:7]
YUSUFALI: Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
PICKTHAL: Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
SHAKIR: hich will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
[88:8]
YUSUFALI: (Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
PICKTHAL: In that day other faces will be calm,
SHAKIR: Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
[88:9]
YUSUFALI: Pleased with their striving,-
PICKTHAL: Glad for their effort past,
SHAKIR: ell-pleased because of their striving,
[88:10]
YUSUFALI: In a Garden on high,
PICKTHAL: In a high Garden
SHAKIR: n a lofty garden,
[88:11]
YUSUFALI: Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
PICKTHAL: Where they hear no idle speech,
SHAKIR: herein you shall not hear vain talk.
[88:12]
YUSUFALI: Therein will be a bubbling spring:
PICKTHAL: Wherein is a gushing spring,
SHAKIR: herein is a fountain flowing,
[88:13]
YUSUFALI: Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
PICKTHAL: Wherein are couches raised
SHAKIR: herein are thrones raised high,
[88:14]
YUSUFALI: Goblets placed (ready),
PICKTHAL: And goblets set at hand
SHAKIR: nd drinking-cups ready placed,
[88:15]
YUSUFALI: And cushions set in rows,
PICKTHAL: And cushions ranged
SHAKIR: nd cushions set in a row,
[88:16]
YUSUFALI: And rich carpets (all) spread out.
PICKTHAL: And silken carpets spread.
SHAKIR: nd carpets spread out.
[88:17]
YUSUFALI: Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?-
PICKTHAL: Will they not regard the camels, how they are created?
SHAKIR: ill they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
[88:18]
YUSUFALI: And at the Sky, how it is raised high?-
PICKTHAL: And the heaven, how it is raised?
SHAKIR: nd the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
[88:19]
YUSUFALI: And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?-
PICKTHAL: And the hills, how they are set up?
SHAKIR: nd the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
[88:20]
YUSUFALI: And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
PICKTHAL: And the earth, how it is spread?
SHAKIR: nd the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
[88:21]
YUSUFALI: Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
PICKTHAL: Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
SHAKIR: herefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
[88:22]
YUSUFALI: Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
PICKTHAL: Thou art not at all a warder over them.
SHAKIR: ou are not a watcher over them;
[88:23]
YUSUFALI: But if any turn away and reject Allah,-
PICKTHAL: But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
SHAKIR: ut whoever turns back and disbelieves,
[88:24]
YUSUFALI: Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
PICKTHAL: Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
SHAKIR: llah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
[88:25]
YUSUFALI: For to Us will be their return;
PICKTHAL: Lo! unto Us is their return
SHAKIR: urely to Us is their turning back,
[88:26]
YUSUFALI: Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
PICKTHAL: And Ours their reckoning.
SHAKIR: hen surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
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