Surah Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming)

Verses

1. هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ

   Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming

   88:1

2. وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ

   On that day (many) faces will be downcast

   88:2

3. عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ

   Toiling, weary

   88:3

4. تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ

   Scorched by burning fire

   88:4

5. تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ

   Drinking from a boiling spring

   88:5

6. لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ

   No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit

   88:6

7. لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ

   Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger

   88:7

8. وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ

   In that day other faces will be calm

   88:8

9. لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ

   Glad for their effort past

   88:9

10. فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ

    In a high Garden

    88:10

11. لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ

    Where they hear no idle speech

    88:11

12. فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ

    Wherein is a gushing spring

    88:12

13. فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ

    Wherein are couches raised

    88:13

14. وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ

    And goblets set at hand

    88:14

15. وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ

    And cushions ranged

    88:15

16. وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ

    And silken carpets spread

    88:16

17. أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ

    Will they not regard the camels, how they are created

    88:17

18. وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ

    And the heaven, how it is raised

    88:18

19. وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ

    And the hills, how they are set up

    88:19

20. وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ

    And the earth, how it is spread

    88:20

21. فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ

    Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer

    88:21

22. لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ

    Thou art not at all a warder over them

    88:22

23. إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

    But whoso is averse and disbelieveth

    88:23

24. فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ

    Allah will punish him with direst punishment

    88:24

25. إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ

    Lo! unto Us is their return

    88:25

26. ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم

    And Ours their reckoning

    88:26