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Surah 88

Al-Ghaashiya

The Overwhelming

26 VersesMeccan RevelationMishary Rashid Alafasy
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Ayah 1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ

English Translation

HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event?'

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Ayah 2

وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ

English Translation

Some faces will on that Day be downcast,

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Ayah 3

عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ

English Translation

toiling [under burdens of sin], worn out [by fear],

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Ayah 4

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ

English Translation

about to enter a glowing fire,

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Ayah 5

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ

English Translation

given to drink from a boiling spring.

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Ayah 6

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ

English Translation

No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns,

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Ayah 7

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ

English Translation

which gives no strength and neither stills hunger.

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Ayah 8

وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ

English Translation

[And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss,

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Ayah 9

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ

English Translation

well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving,

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Ayah 10

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ

English Translation

in a garden sublime,

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Ayah 11

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةًۭ

English Translation

wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk.

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Ayah 12

فِيهَا عَيْنٌۭ جَارِيَةٌۭ

English Translation

Countless springs will flow therein,

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Ayah 13

فِيهَا سُرُرٌۭ مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ

English Translation

[and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high,

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Ayah 14

وَأَكْوَابٌۭ مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ

English Translation

and goblets placed ready,

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Ayah 15

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ

English Translation

and cushions ranged,

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Ayah 16

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

English Translation

and carpets spread out…

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Ayah 17

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

English Translation

DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created?

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Ayah 18

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

English Translation

And at the sky, how it is raised aloft?

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Ayah 19

وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

English Translation

And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared?

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Ayah 20

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

English Translation

And at the earth, how it is spread out?

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Ayah 21

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌۭ

English Translation

And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort:

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Ayah 22

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

English Translation

thou canst not compel them [to believe].

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Ayah 23

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

English Translation

However, as for him who turns away, being bent on denying the truth,

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Ayah 24

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

English Translation

him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come]:

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Ayah 25

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

English Translation

for behold, unto Us will be their return,

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Ayah 26

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

English Translation

and verily, It is for Us to call them to account.

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