Surah 88 of 114
Surah Al-Ghashiya
سُورَةُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
Also written Al-Ghāshiyah, Al-Ghaashiya.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
88:1 - وُجُوهࣱ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
88:2 - عَامِلَةࣱ نَّاصِبَةࣱ
Working [hard] and exhausted.
88:3 - تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةࣰ
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
88:4 - تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةࣲ
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
88:5 - لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعࣲ
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
88:6 - لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعࣲ
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
88:7 - وُجُوهࣱ يَوْمَئِذࣲ نَّاعِمَةࣱ
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
88:8 - لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةࣱ
With their effort [they are] satisfied
88:9 - فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةࣲ
In an elevated garden,
88:10 - لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةࣰ
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
88:11 - فِيهَا عَيْنࣱ جَارِيَةࣱ
Within it is a flowing spring.
88:12 - فِيهَا سُرُرࣱ مَّرْفُوعَةࣱ
Within it are couches raised high
88:13 - وَأَكْوَابࣱ مَّوْضُوعَةࣱ
And cups put in place
88:14 - وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةࣱ
And cushions lined up
88:15 - وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
And carpets spread around.
88:16 - أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
88:17 - وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And at the sky - how it is raised?
88:18 - وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
88:19 - وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
88:20 - فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرࣱ
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
88:21 - لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
You are not over them a controller.
88:22 - إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
88:23 - فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
88:24 - إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Indeed, to Us is their return.
88:25 - ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
88:26
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