Surah 88 · Meccan · 26 verses · Juz 30

Al-Ghashiyah

الغاشية

The Overwhelming

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ ۝١

    Hal atāka ḥadīṡul-gāsyiyah(ti).

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

  2. وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ ۝٢

    Wujūhuy yauma'iżin khāsyi‘ah(tun).

    [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

  3. عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ ۝٣

    ‘Amilatun nāṣibah(tun).

    Working [hard] and exhausted.

  4. تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً ۝٤

    Taṣlā nāran ḥāmiyah(tan).

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

  5. تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ ۝٥

    Tusqā min ‘ainin āniyah(tin).

    They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

  6. 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

  7. لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ ۝٧

    Lā yusminu wa lā yugnī min jū‘(in).

    Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

  8. وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ ۝٨

    Wujūhuy yauma'iżin nā‘imah(tun).

    [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

  9. لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ۝٩

    Lisa‘yihā rāḍiyah(tun).

    With their effort [they are] satisfied

  10. فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ۝١٠

    Fī jannatin ‘āliyah(tin).

    In an elevated garden,

  11. لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً ۝١١

    Lā tasama‘u fīhā lāgiyah(tan).

    Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

  12. فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ ۝١٢

    Fīhā ‘ainun jāriyah(tun).

    Within it is a flowing spring.

  13. فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ ۝١٣

    Fīhā sururum marfū‘ah(tun).

    Within it are couches raised high

  14. وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ ۝١٤

    Wa akwābum mauḍū‘ah(tun).

    And cups put in place

  15. وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ ۝١٥

    Wa namāriqu maṣfūfah(tun).

    And cushions lined up

  16. وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ ۝١٦

    Wa zarābiyyu mabṡūṡah(tun).

    And carpets spread around.

  17. 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?

  18. وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ ۝١٨

    Wa ilas-samā'i kaifa rufi‘at.

    And at the sky - how it is raised?

  19. وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ ۝١٩

    Wa ilal-jibāli kaifa nuṣibat.

    And at the mountains - how they are erected?

  20. وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ ۝٢٠

    Wa ilal-arḍi kaifa suṭiḥat.

    And at the earth - how it is spread out?

  21. فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ ۝٢١

    Fa żakkir, innamā anta mużakkir(un).

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

  22. لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ ۝٢٢

    Lasta ‘alaihim bimusaiṭir(in).

    You are not over them a controller.

  23. إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ۝٢٣

    Illā man tawallā wa kafar(a).

    However, he who turns away and disbelieves

  24. فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ ۝٢٤

    Fa yu‘ażżibuhullāhul-‘ażābal-akbar(a).

    Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

  25. إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ ۝٢٥

    Inna ilainā iyābahum.

    Indeed, to Us is their return.

  26. 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.