Surah 88

Surah Al-Ghashiyah

Surah Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) is chapter 88 of the Holy Quran. It is a Meccan surah with 26 verses. Read the full surah below in Arabic with its translation.

Meccan26 Versesسُورَةُ الغَاشِيَةِ

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Translation
  1. 88:1

    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ ١

    Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺

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  2. 88:2

    وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ ٢

    On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast

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  3. 88:3

    عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ ٣

    ˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted

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  4. 88:4

    تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ ٤

    burning in a scorching Fire

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  5. 88:5

    تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ ٥

    left to drink from a scalding spring

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  6. 88:6

    لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ ٦

    They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub

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  7. 88:7

    لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ ٧

    neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger

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  8. 88:8

    وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ ٨

    On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss

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  9. 88:9

    لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ ٩

    ˹fully˺ pleased with their striving

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  10. 88:10

    فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ ١٠

    in an elevated Garden

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  11. 88:11

    لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةًۭ ١١

    where no idle talk will be heard

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  12. 88:12

    فِيهَا عَيْنٌۭ جَارِيَةٌۭ ١٢

    In it will be a running spring

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  13. 88:13

    فِيهَا سُرُرٌۭ مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ ١٣

    along with thrones raised high

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  14. 88:14

    وَأَكْوَابٌۭ مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ ١٤

    and cups set at hand

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  15. 88:15

    وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ ١٥

    and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up

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  16. 88:16

    وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ ١٦

    and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out

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  17. 88:17

    أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ ١٧

    Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created

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  18. 88:18

    وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ ١٨

    and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺

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  19. 88:19

    وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ ١٩

    and the mountains—how they were firmly set up

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  20. 88:20

    وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ ٢٠

    and the earth—how it was levelled out

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  21. 88:21

    فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌۭ ٢١

    So, ˹continue to˺ remind ˹all, O Prophet˺, for your duty is only to remind

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  22. 88:22

    لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ ٢٢

    You are not ˹there˺ to compel them ˹to believe˺

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  23. 88:23

    إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ٢٣

    But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief

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  24. 88:24

    فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ ٢٤

    then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment

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  25. 88:25

    إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ ٢٥

    Surely to Us is their return

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  26. 88:26

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم ٢٦

    then surely with Us is their reckoning

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