Surah 88 · Makkah · 26 verses
Al-Ghaashiya
The Overwhelming
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
- 88:1
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]
- 88:2
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled
- 88:3
عَامِلَةٌ نَاصِبَةٌ
Working [hard] and exhausted
- 88:4
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire
- 88:5
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
They will be given drink from a boiling spring
- 88:6
لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيعٍ
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
- 88:7
لَا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنْ جُوعٍ
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger
- 88:8
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاعِمَةٌ
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure
- 88:9
لِسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
With their effort [they are] satisfied
- 88:10
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
In an elevated garden
- 88:11
لَا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech
- 88:12
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Within it is a flowing spring
- 88:13
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ
Within it are couches raised high
- 88:14
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ
And cups put in place
- 88:15
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And cushions lined up
- 88:16
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
And carpets spread around
- 88:17
أَفَلَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created
- 88:18
وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And at the sky - how it is raised
- 88:19
وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And at the mountains - how they are erected
- 88:20
وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
And at the earth - how it is spread out
- 88:21
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder
- 88:22
لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
You are not over them a controller
- 88:23
إِلَّا مَنْ تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
However, he who turns away and disbelieves
- 88:24
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment
- 88:25
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
Indeed, to Us is their return
- 88:26
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ
Then indeed, upon Us is their account
English translation: Saheeh International.
