Surah 88 · Meccan · 26 ayahs

الغاشيةAl-Ghashiyah

The Overwhelming

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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 88:1

    هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ

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

  2. 88:2

    وُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ

    [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled

  3. 88:3

    عَامِلَةࣱ نَّاصِبَةࣱ

    Working [hard] and exhausted

  4. 88:4

    تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ

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

  5. 88:5

    تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ

    They will be given drink from a boiling spring

  6. 88:6

    لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ

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

  7. 88:7

    لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ

    Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger

  8. 88:8

    وُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةࣱ

    [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure

  9. 88:9

    لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةࣱ

    With their effort [they are] satisfied

  10. 88:10

    فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ

    In an elevated garden

  11. 88:11

    لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ

    Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech

  12. 88:12

    فِيهَا عَيۡنࣱ جَارِيَةࣱ

    Within it is a flowing spring

  13. 88:13

    فِيهَا سُرُرࣱ مَّرۡفُوعَةࣱ

    Within it are couches raised high

  14. 88:14

    وَأَكۡوَابࣱ مَّوۡضُوعَةࣱ

    And cups put in place

  15. 88:15

    وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةࣱ

    And cushions lined up

  16. 88:16

    وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ

    And carpets spread around

  17. 88:17

    أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ

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

  18. 88:18

    وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ

    And at the sky - how it is raised

  19. 88:19

    وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ

    And at the mountains - how they are erected

  20. 88:20

    وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ

    And at the earth - how it is spread out

  21. 88:21

    فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرࣱ

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

  22. 88:22

    لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ

    You are not over them a controller

  23. 88:23

    إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

    However, he who turns away and disbelieves

  24. 88:24

    فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ

    Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment

  25. 88:25

    إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ

    Indeed, to Us is their return

  26. 88:26

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم

    Then indeed, upon Us is their account

Arabic text: The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia. Translations via Tanzil.net and QuranEnc.