Surah Al-Ghashiyah — الغاشية
Chapter 88 of the Qur'an · “The Overwhelming” · 26 verses · revealed in Makkah
- 88:1 هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ Have you heard tell [Prophet] about the Overwhelming Event?
- 88:2 وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ On that Day, there will be downcast faces,
- 88:3 عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ toiling and weary,
- 88:4 تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً as they enter the blazing Fire
- 88:5 تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ and are forced to drink from a boiling spring,
- 88:6 لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ with no food for them except bitter dry thorns
- 88:7 لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ that neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
- 88:8 وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ On that Day there will also be faces radiant with bliss,
- 88:9 لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ well pleased with their labour,
- 88:10 فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ in a lofty garden,
- 88:11 لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً where they will hear no idle talk,
- 88:12 فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ with a flowing spring,
- 88:13 فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ raised couches,
- 88:14 وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ goblets placed before them,
- 88:15 وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ cushions set in rows,
- 88:16 وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ and carpets spread.
- 88:17 أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ Do the disbelievers not see how rain clouds are formed <sup foot_note=77646>1</sup>
- 88:18 وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ how the heavens are lifted,
- 88:19 وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ how the mountains are raised high,
- 88:20 وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ how the earth is spread out?
- 88:21 فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ So [Prophet] warn them: your only task is to give warning,
- 88:22 لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ you are not there to control them.
- 88:23 إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ As for those who turn away and disbelieve,
- 88:24 فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ God will inflict the greatest torment upon them.
- 88:25 إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ It is to Us they will return,
- 88:26 ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم and then it is for Us to call them to account.
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