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Surah Al-Ghashiyah

Meccan 26 Ayahs Juz 1
الغاشية

Surah Al-Ghashiyah (الغاشية) is chapter 88 of the Holy Quran — a Meccan surah of 26 verses (ayahs).

Bismillah
بِسْمِIn (the) namebis'miٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِthe Most Graciousl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِthe Most Mercifull-raḥīmi
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
88:1
هَلْHashalأَتَىٰكَ(there) come to youatākaحَدِيثُ(the) newsḥadīthuٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ(of) the Overwhelmingl-ghāshiyati١
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
88:2
وُجُوهٌۭFaceswujūhunيَوْمَئِذٍthat Dayyawma-idhinخَـٰشِعَةٌ(will be) humbledkhāshiʿatun٢
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
88:3
عَامِلَةٌۭLaboringʿāmilatunنَّاصِبَةٌۭexhaustednāṣibatun٣
Working [hard] and exhausted.
88:4
تَصْلَىٰThey will burntaṣlāنَارًا(in) a Firenāranحَامِيَةًۭintensely hotḥāmiyatan٤
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
88:5
تُسْقَىٰThey will be given to drinktus'qāمِنْfromminعَيْنٍa springʿayninءَانِيَةٍۢboilingāniyatin٥
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
88:6
لَّيْسَNot islaysaلَهُمْfor themlahumطَعَامٌfoodṭaʿāmunإِلَّاexceptillāمِنfromminضَرِيعٍۢa bitter thorny plantḍarīʿin٦
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
88:7
لَّاNotlāيُسْمِنُit nourishesyus'minuوَلَاand notwalāيُغْنِىit availsyugh'nīمِنfromminجُوعٍۢhungerjūʿin٧
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
88:8
وُجُوهٌۭFaceswujūhunيَوْمَئِذٍۢthat Dayyawma-idhinنَّاعِمَةٌۭ(will be) joyfulnāʿimatun٨
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
88:9
لِّسَعْيِهَاWith their effortlisaʿyihāرَاضِيَةٌۭsatisfiedrāḍiyatun٩
With their effort [they are] satisfied
88:10
فِىInfīجَنَّةٍa gardenjannatinعَالِيَةٍۢelevatedʿāliyatin١٠
In an elevated garden,
88:11
لَّاNotlāتَسْمَعُthey will heartasmaʿuفِيهَاthereinfīhāلَـٰغِيَةًۭvain talklāghiyatan١١
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
88:12
فِيهَاThereinfīhāعَيْنٌۭ(will be) a springʿaynunجَارِيَةٌۭflowingjāriyatun١٢
Within it is a flowing spring.
88:13
فِيهَاThereinfīhāسُرُرٌۭ(will be) thronessururunمَّرْفُوعَةٌۭraised highmarfūʿatun١٣
Within it are couches raised high
88:14
وَأَكْوَابٌۭAnd cupswa-akwābunمَّوْضُوعَةٌۭput in placemawḍūʿatun١٤
And cups put in place
88:15
وَنَمَارِقُAnd cushionswanamāriquمَصْفُوفَةٌۭlined upmaṣfūfatun١٥
And cushions lined up
88:16
وَزَرَابِىُّAnd carpetswazarābiyyuمَبْثُوثَةٌspread outmabthūthatun١٦
And carpets spread around.
88:17
أَفَلَاThen do notafalāيَنظُرُونَthey lookyanẓurūnaإِلَىtowardsilāٱلْإِبِلِthe camelsl-ibiliكَيْفَhowkayfaخُلِقَتْthey are createdkhuliqat١٧
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
88:18
وَإِلَىAnd towardswa-ilāٱلسَّمَآءِthe skyl-samāiكَيْفَhowkayfaرُفِعَتْit is raisedrufiʿat١٨
And at the sky - how it is raised?
88:19
وَإِلَىAnd towardswa-ilāٱلْجِبَالِthe mountainsl-jibāliكَيْفَhowkayfaنُصِبَتْthey are fixednuṣibat١٩
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
88:20
وَإِلَىAnd towardswa-ilāٱلْأَرْضِthe earthl-arḍiكَيْفَhowkayfaسُطِحَتْit is spread outsuṭiḥat٢٠
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
88:21
فَذَكِّرْSo remindfadhakkirإِنَّمَآonlyinnamāأَنتَyouantaمُذَكِّرٌۭ(are) a remindermudhakkirun٢١
So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.
88:22
لَّسْتَYou are notlastaعَلَيْهِمover themʿalayhimبِمُصَيْطِرٍa controllerbimuṣayṭirin٢٢
You are not over them a controller.
88:23
إِلَّاButillāمَنwhoevermanتَوَلَّىٰturns awaytawallāوَكَفَرَand disbelieveswakafara٢٣
However, he who turns away and disbelieves
88:24
فَيُعَذِّبُهُThen will punish himfayuʿadhibuhuٱللَّهُAllahl-lahuٱلْعَذَابَ(with) the punishmentl-ʿadhābaٱلْأَكْبَرَgreatestl-akbara٢٤
Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.
88:25
إِنَّIndeedinnaإِلَيْنَآto Usilaynāإِيَابَهُمْ(will be) their returniyābahum٢٥
Indeed, to Us is their return.
88:26
ثُمَّThenthummaإِنَّindeedinnaعَلَيْنَاupon Usʿalaynāحِسَابَهُم(is) their accountḥisābahum٢٦
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.