Surah 88 · Meccan · 26 verses
سُورَةُ الغَاشِيَةِ
Al-Ghaashiya
The Overwhelming
88:1
Arabic
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
English
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
88:2
Arabic
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
English
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
88:3
Arabic
عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ
English
Working [hard] and exhausted.
88:4
Arabic
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ
English
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
88:5
Arabic
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ
English
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
88:6
Arabic
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ
English
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
88:7
Arabic
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ
English
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
88:8
Arabic
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ
English
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
88:9
Arabic
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ
English
With their effort [they are] satisfied
88:10
Arabic
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ
English
In an elevated garden,
88:11
Arabic
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةًۭ
English
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
88:12
Arabic
فِيهَا عَيْنٌۭ جَارِيَةٌۭ
English
Within it is a flowing spring.
88:13
Arabic
فِيهَا سُرُرٌۭ مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ
English
Within it are couches raised high
88:14
Arabic
وَأَكْوَابٌۭ مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ
English
And cups put in place
88:15
Arabic
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ
English
And cushions lined up
88:16
Arabic
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
English
And carpets spread around.
88:17
Arabic
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
English
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
88:18
Arabic
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
English
And at the sky - how it is raised?
88:19
Arabic
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
English
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
88:20
Arabic
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
English
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
88:21
Arabic
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌۭ
English
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
88:22
Arabic
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
English
You are not over them a controller.
88:23
Arabic
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
English
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
88:24
Arabic
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
English
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
88:25
Arabic
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
English
Indeed, to Us is their return.
88:26
Arabic
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
English
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.