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