Al-Ghasyiyah

The Overwhelming

Surah 88 · Meccan · 26 ayahs

الغاشية

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ ١

    Hal atāka ḥadīthul-ghāshiyah.

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

  2. وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ ٢

    Wujūhuy yawmaʾidhin khāshiʿah.

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

  3. عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ ٣

    ʿĀmilatun nāṣibah.

    Working [hard] and exhausted.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Another accepted meaning is "They were working hard and exhausted," i.e., doing deeds during worldly life which did not benefit them since they were not accompanied by faith or done for the acceptance of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) .
  4. تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ ٤

    Taṣlā nāran ḥāmiyah.

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

  5. تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ ٥

    Tusqā min ʿaynin āniyah.

    They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

  6. لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ ٦

    Laysa lahum ṭaʿāmun illā min ḍarīʿ.

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

  7. لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ ٧

    Lā yusminu wa lā yughnī min jūʿ.

    Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

  8. وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ ٨

    Wujūhuy yawmaʾidhin nāʿimah.

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

  9. لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ ٩

    Lisaʿyihā rāḍiyah.

    With their effort [they are] satisfied

  10. فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ ١٠

    Fī jannatin ʿāliyah.

    In an elevated garden,

  11. لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ ١١

    Lā tasmaʿu fīhā lāghiyah.

    Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., any insult, falsehood, immorality, idle or vain talk, etc.
  12. فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ ١٢

    Fīhā ʿaynun jāriyah.

    Within it is a flowing spring.

  13. فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ ١٣

    Fīhā sururum marfūʿah.

    Within it are couches raised high

  14. وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ ١٤

    Wa akwābum mawḍūʿah.

    And cups put in place

  15. وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ ١٥

    Wa namāriqu maṣfūfah.

    And cushions lined up

  16. وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ ١٦

    Wa zarābiyyu mabthūthah.

    And carpets spread around.

  17. أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ ١٧

    Afalā yanẓurūna ilal-ibili kayfa khuliqat.

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

  18. وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ ١٨

    Wa ilas-samāʾi kayfa rufiʿat.

    And at the sky - how it is raised?

  19. وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ ١٩

    Wa ilal-jibāli kayfa nuṣibat.

    And at the mountains - how they are erected?

  20. وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ ٢٠

    Wa ilal-arḍi kayfa suṭiḥat.

    And at the earth - how it is spread out?

  21. فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ ٢١

    Fadhakkir innamā anta mudhakkir.

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

  22. لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ ٢٢

    Lasta ʿalayhim bimuṣayṭir.

    You are not over them a controller.

  23. إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ٢٣

    Illā man tawallā wa kafar.

    However, he who turns away and disbelieves –

  24. فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ ٢٤

    Fayuʿadhdhibuhullāhul-ʿadhābal-akbar.

    Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

  25. إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ ٢٥

    Inna ilaynā iyābahum.

    Indeed, to Us is their return.

  26. ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم ٢٦

    Thumma inna ʿalaynā ḥisābahum.

    Then indeed, upon Us is their account.