Translations of the Qur - Yusufali - 88. Sayfa

Translations of the Qur'an, Chapter 88:

 

AL-GHASHIYA (THE OVERWHELMING, THE PALL)

 

Total Verses: 26

Revealed At: MAKKA

Maududi's introduction

 

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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

 

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YUSUFALI: Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?

PICKTHAL: Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming?

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

 

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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,

 

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YUSUFALI: Labouring (hard), weary,-

PICKTHAL: Toiling, weary,

SHAKIR: Laboring, toiling,

 

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YUSUFALI: The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-

PICKTHAL: Scorched by burning fire,

SHAKIR: Entering into burning fire,

 

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

PICKTHAL: Drinking from a boiling spring,

SHAKIR: Made to drink from a boiling spring.

 

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

PICKTHAL: No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit

SHAKIR: They shall have no food but of thorns,

 

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YUSUFALI: Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.

PICKTHAL: Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

SHAKIR: Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

 

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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,

 

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YUSUFALI: Pleased with their striving,-

PICKTHAL: Glad for their effort past,

SHAKIR: Well-pleased because of their striving,

 

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YUSUFALI: In a Garden on high,

PICKTHAL: In a high Garden

SHAKIR: In a lofty garden,

 

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

PICKTHAL: Where they hear no idle speech,

SHAKIR: Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

 

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YUSUFALI: Therein will be a bubbling spring:

PICKTHAL: Wherein is a gushing spring,

SHAKIR: Therein is a fountain flowing,

 

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

PICKTHAL: Wherein are couches raised

SHAKIR: Therein are thrones raised high,

 

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YUSUFALI: Goblets placed (ready),

PICKTHAL: And goblets set at hand

SHAKIR: And drinking-cups ready placed,

 

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YUSUFALI: And cushions set in rows,

PICKTHAL: And cushions ranged

SHAKIR: And cushions set in a row,

 

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YUSUFALI: And rich carpets (all) spread out.

PICKTHAL: And silken carpets spread.

SHAKIR: And carpets spread out.

 

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

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

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

 

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

PICKTHAL: And the heaven, how it is raised?

SHAKIR: And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

 

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

PICKTHAL: And the hills, how they are set up?

SHAKIR: And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

 

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YUSUFALI: And at the Earth, how it is spread out?

PICKTHAL: And the earth, how it is spread?

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

 

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

PICKTHAL: Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

SHAKIR: Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.

 

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

PICKTHAL: Thou art not at all a warder over them.

SHAKIR: You are not a watcher over them;

 

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YUSUFALI: But if any turn away and reject Allah,-

PICKTHAL: But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

SHAKIR: But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

 

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YUSUFALI: Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,

PICKTHAL: Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

SHAKIR: Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

 

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YUSUFALI: For to Us will be their return;

PICKTHAL: Lo! unto Us is their return

SHAKIR: Surely to Us is their turning back,

 

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YUSUFALI: Then it will be for Us to call them to account.

PICKTHAL: And Ours their reckoning.

SHAKIR: Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.

 

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