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Surah 88 · The Overwhelming · Meccan · 26 verses

Al-Ghaashiya

سُورَةُ الغَاشِيَةِ

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 1Juz 30 · page 592

    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ

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

  2. 2Juz 30 · page 592

    وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ

    (2) [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

  3. 3Juz 30 · page 592

    عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ

    (3) Working [hard] and exhausted.[1910]

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  4. 4Juz 30 · page 592

    تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ

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

  5. 5Juz 30 · page 592

    تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ

    (5) They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

  6. 6Juz 30 · page 592

    لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ

    (6) For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

  7. 7Juz 30 · page 592

    لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ

    (7) Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

  8. 8Juz 30 · page 592

    وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ

    (8) [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

  9. 9Juz 30 · page 592

    لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ

    (9) With their effort [they are] satisfied

  10. 10Juz 30 · page 592

    فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ

    (10) In an elevated garden,

  11. 11Juz 30 · page 592

    لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةًۭ

    (11) Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.[1911]

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  12. 12Juz 30 · page 592

    فِيهَا عَيْنٌۭ جَارِيَةٌۭ

    (12) Within it is a flowing spring.

  13. 13Juz 30 · page 592

    فِيهَا سُرُرٌۭ مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ

    (13) Within it are couches raised high

  14. 14Juz 30 · page 592

    وَأَكْوَابٌۭ مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ

    (14) And cups put in place

  15. 15Juz 30 · page 592

    وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ

    (15) And cushions lined up

  16. 16Juz 30 · page 592

    وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

    (16) And carpets spread around.

  17. 17Juz 30 · page 592

    أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

    (17) Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

  18. 18Juz 30 · page 592

    وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

    (18) And at the sky - how it is raised?

  19. 19Juz 30 · page 592

    وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

    (19) And at the mountains - how they are erected?

  20. 20Juz 30 · page 592

    وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

    (20) And at the earth - how it is spread out?

  21. 21Juz 30 · page 592

    فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌۭ

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

  22. 22Juz 30 · page 592

    لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

    (22) You are not over them a controller.

  23. 23Juz 30 · page 592

    إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

    (23) However, he who turns away and disbelieves –

  24. 24Juz 30 · page 592

    فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

    (24) Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

  25. 25Juz 30 · page 592

    إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

    (25) Indeed, to Us is their return.

  26. 26Juz 30 · page 592

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

    (26) Then indeed, upon Us is their account.