Al-Ghâshiyah (Surah 88)

Al-Ghâshiyah (The Overwhelming Event)

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Introduction

This Meccan sûrah compares the fate of the evildoers in the Hereafter to that of the good-doers. Those who disbelieve in Allah’s might are criticized for failing to reflect on the wonders of His creation, and are warned of the fate of some destroyed disbelievers mentioned at the beginning of the next sûrah. In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.

The People of Hell

1. Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you (O Prophet)? 2. On that Day (some) faces will be downcast, 3. (totally) overburdened, exhausted, 4. burning in a scorching Fire, 5. left to drink from a scalding spring. 6. . They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub, 7. neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

Surah 88 - Al-Ghâshiyah (The Overwhelming Event) - Verses 1-7

The People of Paradise

8. On that Day (other) faces will be glowing with bliss, 9. (fully) pleased with their striving, 10. in an elevated Garden, 11. where no idle talk will be heard. 12. In it will be a running spring, 13. along with thrones raised high, 14. and cups set at hand, 15. and (fine) cushions lined up, 16. and (splendid) carpets spread out.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

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لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً

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فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

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فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

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وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

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وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

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وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

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Surah 88 - Al-Ghâshiyah (The Overwhelming Event) - Verses 8-16

A Message to the Deniers

17. Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were (masterfully) created; 18. and the sky—how it was raised (high); 19. and the mountains—how they were firmly set up; 20. and the earth—how it was levelled out? 21. So, (continue to) remind (all, O Prophet), for your duty is only to remind. 22. You are not (there) to compel them (to believe). 23. But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief, 24. then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment. 25. Surely to Us is their return, 26. then surely with Us is their reckoning.

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

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وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

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وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

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وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

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فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

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لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

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إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

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فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

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إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

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ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

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Surah 88 - Al-Ghâshiyah (The Overwhelming Event) - Verses 17-26

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The People of Hell

The People of Paradise

A Message to the Deniers