Surah Al-Ghashiyah الغاشية

The Overwhelming · Chapter 88 · 26 verses · Meccan

Translation: Saheeh International

1. هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ

   88:1 Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

2. وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ

   88:2 [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

3. عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

   88:3 Working [hard] and exhausted.

4. تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

   88:4 They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

5. تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

   88:5 They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

6. لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

   88:6 For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

7. لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

   88:7 Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

8. وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

   88:8 [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

9. لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

   88:9 With their effort [they are] satisfied

10. فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

    88:10 In an elevated garden,

11. لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً

    88:11 Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

12. فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

    88:12 Within it is a flowing spring.

13. فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

    88:13 Within it are couches raised high

14. وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

    88:14 And cups put in place

15. وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

    88:15 And cushions lined up

16. وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

    88:16 And carpets spread around.

17. أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

    88:17 Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

18. وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

    88:18 And at the sky - how it is raised?

19. وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

    88:19 And at the mountains - how they are erected?

20. وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

    88:20 And at the earth - how it is spread out?

21. فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

    88:21 So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.

22. لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

    88:22 You are not over them a controller.

23. إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

    88:23 However, he who turns away and disbelieves

24. فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

    88:24 Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

25. إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

    88:25 Indeed, to Us is their return.

26. ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

    88:26 Then indeed, upon Us is their account.