Surah Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming)

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ

88:1 Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺?

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ

88:2 On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast,

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

88:3 ˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted,

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

88:4 burning in a scorching Fire,

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

88:5 left to drink from a scalding spring.

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

88:6 They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub,

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

88:7 neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

88:8 On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss,

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

88:9 ˹fully˺ pleased with their striving,

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

88:10 in an elevated Garden,

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً

88:11 where no idle talk will be heard.

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

88:12 In it will be a running spring,

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

88:13 along with thrones raised high,

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

88:14 and cups set at hand,

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

88:15 and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up,

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

88:16 and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out.

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

88:17 Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created;

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

88:18 and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺;

وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

88:19 and the mountains—how they were firmly set up;

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

88:20 and the earth—how it was levelled out?

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

88:21 So, ˹continue to˺ remind ˹all, O Prophet˺, for your duty is only to remind.

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

88:22 You are not ˹there˺ to compel them ˹to believe˺.

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

88:23 But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief,

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

88:24 then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment.

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

88:25 Surely to Us is their return,

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

88:26 then surely with Us is their reckoning.