88. Al-Ghashiyah
الغاشية
88. Al-Ghashiyah
The Overwhelming
26 verses · Meccan
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- 88:1
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ ١
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
- 88:2
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ ٢
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
- 88:3
عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ ٣
Working [hard] and exhausted.
- 88:4
تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ ٤
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
- 88:5
تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ ٥
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
- 88:6
لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ ٦
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
- 88:7
لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ ٧
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
- 88:8
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ ٨
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
- 88:9
لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ ٩
With their effort [they are] satisfied
- 88:10
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ ١٠
In an elevated garden,
- 88:11
لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ ١١
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
- 88:12
فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ ١٢
Within it is a flowing spring.
- 88:13
فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ ١٣
Within it are couches raised high
- 88:14
وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ ١٤
And cups put in place
- 88:15
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ ١٥
And cushions lined up
- 88:16
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ ١٦
And carpets spread around.
- 88:17
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ ١٧
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
- 88:18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ ١٨
And at the sky - how it is raised?
- 88:19
وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ ١٩
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
- 88:20
وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ ٢٠
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
- 88:21
فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ ٢١
So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.
- 88:22
لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ ٢٢
You are not over them a controller.
- 88:23
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ٢٣
However, he who turns away and disbelieves
- 88:24
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ ٢٤
Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.
- 88:25
إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ ٢٥
Indeed, to Us is their return.
- 88:26
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم ٢٦
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.