Surah 88 • 26 Verses • Meccan

الغاشية

Al-Ghashiyah

The Overwhelming

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Verse 1 of 26

1

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ﴿1﴾

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

Translation: Sahih International

2

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ﴿2﴾

[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

Translation: Sahih International

3

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ﴿3﴾

Working [hard] and exhausted.1

Translation: Sahih International

4

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً﴿4﴾

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

Translation: Sahih International

5

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ﴿5﴾

They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

Translation: Sahih International

6

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ﴿6﴾

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

Translation: Sahih International

7

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ﴿7﴾

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

Translation: Sahih International

8

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ﴿8﴾

[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

Translation: Sahih International

9

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ﴿9﴾

With their effort [they are] satisfied

Translation: Sahih International

10

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ﴿10﴾

In an elevated garden,

Translation: Sahih International

11

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً﴿11﴾

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.1

Translation: Sahih International

12

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ﴿12﴾

Within it is a flowing spring.

Translation: Sahih International

13

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ﴿13﴾

Within it are couches raised high

Translation: Sahih International

14

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ﴿14﴾

And cups put in place

Translation: Sahih International

15

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ﴿15﴾

And cushions lined up

Translation: Sahih International

16

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ﴿16﴾

And carpets spread around.

Translation: Sahih International

17

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ﴿17﴾

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

Translation: Sahih International

18

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ﴿18﴾

And at the sky - how it is raised?

Translation: Sahih International

19

وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ﴿19﴾

And at the mountains - how they are erected?

Translation: Sahih International

20

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ﴿20﴾

And at the earth - how it is spread out?

Translation: Sahih International

21

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ﴿21﴾

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

Translation: Sahih International

22

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ﴿22﴾

You are not over them a controller.

Translation: Sahih International

23

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ﴿23﴾

However, he who turns away and disbelieves

Translation: Sahih International

24

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ﴿24﴾

Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

Translation: Sahih International

25

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ﴿25﴾

Indeed, to Us is their return.

Translation: Sahih International

26

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم﴿26﴾

Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

Translation: Sahih International

صَدَقَ اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ

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