Surah 88 of 114
الغاشية
Al-Ghashiyah · The Overwhelming
26 verses · Revealed in Makkah
Present this surahبِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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88:1
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ ١
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyat
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
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88:2
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ ٢
Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAa
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
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88:3
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ ٣
AAamilatun nasiba
Working [hard] and exhausted.
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88:4
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً ٤
Tasla naran hamiya
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
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88:5
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ ٥
Tusqa min AAaynin aniya
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
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88:6
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ ٦
Laysa lahum taAAamun illamin dareeAA
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
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88:7
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ ٧
La yusminu wala yughnee minjooAA
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
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88:8
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ ٨
Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAima
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
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88:9
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ٩
LisaAAyiha radiya
With their effort [they are] satisfied
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88:10
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ١٠
Fee jannatin AAaliya
In an elevated garden,
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88:11
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً ١١
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiya
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
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88:12
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ ١٢
Feeha AAaynun jariya
Within it is a flowing spring.
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88:13
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ ١٣
Feeha sururun marfooAAa
Within it are couches raised high
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88:14
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ ١٤
Waakwabun mawdooAAa
And cups put in place
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88:15
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ ١٥
Wanamariqu masfoofa
And cushions lined up
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88:16
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ ١٦
Wazarabiyyu mabthootha
And carpets spread around.
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88:17
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ ١٧
Afala yanthuroona ilaal-ibili kayfa khuliqat
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
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88:18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ ١٨
Wa-ila assama-i kayfarufiAAat
And at the sky - how it is raised?
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88:19
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ ١٩
Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
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88:20
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ ٢٠
Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
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88:21
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ ٢١
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkir
So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.
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88:22
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ ٢٢
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytir
You are not over them a controller.
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88:23
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ٢٣
Illa man tawalla wakafar
However, he who turns away and disbelieves –
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88:24
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ ٢٤
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathabaal-akbar
Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.
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88:25
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ ٢٥
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Indeed, to Us is their return.
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88:26
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم ٢٦
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.