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Surah 88

Al-Ghashiyah

The Overwhelming · 26 verses · Makkan

الغاشية

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

88:1

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ

English · Saheeh International

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

88:2

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ

English · Saheeh International

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

88:3

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

English · Saheeh International

Working [hard] and exhausted.1

88:4

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

English · Saheeh International

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

88:5

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

English · Saheeh International

They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

88:6

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

English · Saheeh International

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

88:7

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

English · Saheeh International

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

88:8

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

English · Saheeh International

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

88:9

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

English · Saheeh International

With their effort [they are] satisfied

88:10

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

English · Saheeh International

In an elevated garden,

88:11

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً

English · Saheeh International

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.1

88:12

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

English · Saheeh International

Within it is a flowing spring.

88:13

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

English · Saheeh International

Within it are couches raised high

88:14

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

English · Saheeh International

And cups put in place

88:15

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

English · Saheeh International

And cushions lined up

88:16

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

English · Saheeh International

And carpets spread around.

88:17

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

English · Saheeh International

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

88:18

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

English · Saheeh International

And at the sky - how it is raised?

88:19

وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

English · Saheeh International

And at the mountains - how they are erected?

88:20

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

English · Saheeh International

And at the earth - how it is spread out?

88:21

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

English · Saheeh International

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

88:22

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

English · Saheeh International

You are not over them a controller.

88:23

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

English · Saheeh International

However, he who turns away and disbelieves

88:24

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

English · Saheeh International

Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

88:25

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

English · Saheeh International

Indeed, to Us is their return.

88:26

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

English · Saheeh International

Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

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