Surah 88 · Meccan · 26 verses · Juz 30
Al-Ghashiyah
الغاشية
The Overwhelming
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ ١
Hal atāka ḥadīṡul-gāsyiyah(ti).
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ ٢
Wujūhuy yauma'iżin khāsyi‘ah(tun).
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ ٣
‘Amilatun nāṣibah(tun).
Working [hard] and exhausted.
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً ٤
Taṣlā nāran ḥāmiyah(tan).
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ ٥
Tusqā min ‘ainin āniyah(tin).
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ ٦
Laisa lahum ṭa‘āmun illā min ḍarī‘(in).
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ ٧
Lā yusminu wa lā yugnī min jū‘(in).
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ ٨
Wujūhuy yauma'iżin nā‘imah(tun).
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ٩
Lisa‘yihā rāḍiyah(tun).
With their effort [they are] satisfied
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ١٠
Fī jannatin ‘āliyah(tin).
In an elevated garden,
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً ١١
Lā tasama‘u fīhā lāgiyah(tan).
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ ١٢
Fīhā ‘ainun jāriyah(tun).
Within it is a flowing spring.
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ ١٣
Fīhā sururum marfū‘ah(tun).
Within it are couches raised high
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ ١٤
Wa akwābum mauḍū‘ah(tun).
And cups put in place
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ ١٥
Wa namāriqu maṣfūfah(tun).
And cushions lined up
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ ١٦
Wa zarābiyyu mabṡūṡah(tun).
And carpets spread around.
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ ١٧
Afalā yanẓurūna ilal-ibili kaifa khuliqat.
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ ١٨
Wa ilas-samā'i kaifa rufi‘at.
And at the sky - how it is raised?
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ ١٩
Wa ilal-jibāli kaifa nuṣibat.
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ ٢٠
Wa ilal-arḍi kaifa suṭiḥat.
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ ٢١
Fa żakkir, innamā anta mużakkir(un).
So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ ٢٢
Lasta ‘alaihim bimusaiṭir(in).
You are not over them a controller.
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ٢٣
Illā man tawallā wa kafar(a).
However, he who turns away and disbelieves
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ ٢٤
Fa yu‘ażżibuhullāhul-‘ażābal-akbar(a).
Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ ٢٥
Inna ilainā iyābahum.
Indeed, to Us is their return.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم ٢٦
Ṡumma inna ‘alainā ḥisābahum.
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
Arabic text: Uthmani script, Hafs, from Quran.com. Translation: Saheeh International, from Quran.com (footnotes not shown). Transliteration: equran.id. Recitation: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Alafasy, from everyayah.com. About the sources.