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Surah Al-Ghashiyah

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Surah Al-Ghashiyah is the 88th surah of the Quran. Its name means “The Overwhelming”. It is a meccan surah of 26 verses, opening in juz 30 on page 592 of the mushaf. Below is the full Arabic text in Uthmani script with an English translation for every verse.

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Al-Ghashiyah · Meccan · 26 ayahs

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ١ وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ٢ عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ٣ تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ٤ تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ٥ لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ٦ لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ٧ وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ٨ لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ٩ فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ١٠ لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةًۭ١١ فِيهَا عَيْنٌۭ جَارِيَةٌۭ١٢ فِيهَا سُرُرٌۭ مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ١٣ وَأَكْوَابٌۭ مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ١٤ وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ١٥ وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ١٦ أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ١٧ وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ١٨ وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ١٩ وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ٢٠ فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌۭ٢١ لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ٢٢ إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ٢٣ فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ٢٤ إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ٢٥ ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم٢٦

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Translation, verse by verse
  1. 88:1

    Did you receive the account of the Enveloper?

  2. 88:2

    Some faces on that day will be humbled,

  3. 88:3

    wrought-up and weary:

  4. 88:4

    they will enter a scorching fire

  5. 88:5

    and made to drink from a boiling spring.

  6. 88:6

    They will have no food except cactus,

  7. 88:7

    neither nourishing, nor of avail against hunger.

  8. 88:8

    Some faces on that day will be joyous,

  9. 88:9

    pleased with their endeavour,

  10. 88:10

    in a lofty garden,

  11. 88:11

    where they will not hear any vain talk.

  12. 88:12

    In it is a flowing spring

  13. 88:13

    and raised couches,

  14. 88:14

    with goblets set,

  15. 88:15

    and cushions laid out in an array,

  16. 88:16

    and carpets spread out.

  17. 88:17

    Do they not observe the camel, [to see] how it has been created?

  18. 88:18

    and the sky, how it has been raised?

  19. 88:19

    and the mountains, how they have been set?

  20. 88:20

    and the earth, how it has been surfaced?

  21. 88:21

    So admonish—for you are only an admonisher,

  22. 88:22

    and not a taskmaster over them—

  23. 88:23

    except him who turns back and disbelieves.

  24. 88:24

    Him Allah will punish with the greatest punishment.

  25. 88:25

    Indeed to Us will be their return.

  26. 88:26

    Then, indeed, their reckoning will lie with Us.

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