Surah Al-Ghashiyah (الغاشية)
The Overwhelming. 26 verses, Meccan.
Al-Ghashiyah (الغاشية)
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
88:1وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
88:2عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ
Working [hard] and exhausted.
88:3تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
88:4تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
88:5لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
88:6لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
88:7وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
88:8لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ
With their effort [they are] satisfied
88:9فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ
In an elevated garden,
88:10لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةًۭ
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
88:11فِيهَا عَيْنٌۭ جَارِيَةٌۭ
Within it is a flowing spring.
88:12فِيهَا سُرُرٌۭ مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ
Within it are couches raised high
88:13وَأَكْوَابٌۭ مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ
And cups put in place
88:14وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ
And cushions lined up
88:15وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
And carpets spread around.
88:16أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
88:17وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And at the sky - how it is raised?
88:18وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
88:19وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
88:20فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌۭ
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
88:21لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
You are not over them a controller.
88:22إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
88:23فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
88:24إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Indeed, to Us is their return.
88:25ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
88:26Arabic text: Tanzil Project (CC BY 3.0). English translation: Saheeh International, via Tanzil.