Chapter 88 of the Quran
Surah Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming)
الغاشية
Surah Al-Ghashiyah is the 88th chapter of the Holy Quran. It contains 26 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.
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Ayah 1
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Ayah 2
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Ayah 3
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Ayah 4
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Ayah 5
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Ayah 6
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
Ayah 7
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
Ayah 8
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
Ayah 9
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
With their effort [they are] satisfied
Ayah 10
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
In an elevated garden,
Ayah 11
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Ayah 12
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Within it is a flowing spring.
Ayah 13
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Within it are couches raised high
Ayah 14
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cups put in place
Ayah 15
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And cushions lined up
Ayah 16
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
And carpets spread around.
Ayah 17
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
Ayah 18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And at the sky - how it is raised?
Ayah 19
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
Ayah 20
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
Ayah 21
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.
Ayah 22
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
You are not over them a controller.
Ayah 23
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
However, he who turns away and disbelieves
Ayah 24
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Ayah 25
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Ayah 26
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.