Qur'an / Al-Ghashiyah

Al-Ghashiyah

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The Overwhelming · 26 ayahs · Mecca

88:1

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ

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

88:2

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ

[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled

88:3

عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ

Working [hard] and exhausted

88:4

تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ

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

88:5

تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ

They will be given drink from a boiling spring

88:6

لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ

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

88:7

لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger

88:8

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ

[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure

88:9

لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ

With their effort [they are] satisfied

88:10

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ

In an elevated garden

88:11

لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech

88:12

فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ

Within it is a flowing spring

88:13

فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ

Within it are couches raised high

88:14

وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ

And cups put in place

88:15

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ

And cushions lined up

88:16

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ

And carpets spread around

88:17

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ

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

88:18

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ

And at the sky - how it is raised

88:19

وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ

And at the mountains - how they are erected

88:20

وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ

And at the earth - how it is spread out

88:21

فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ

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

88:22

لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ

You are not over them a controller

88:23

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

However, he who turns away and disbelieves

88:24

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ

Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment

88:25

إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ

Indeed, to Us is their return

88:26

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم

Then indeed, upon Us is their account