88:1
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ﴿1﴾
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]
Surah 88 · Makki
Al-Ghashiyah
The Overwhelming · 26 ayat
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88:2
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ﴿2﴾
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled
88:3
عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ﴿3﴾
Working [hard] and exhausted
88:4
تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ﴿4﴾
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire
88:5
تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ﴿5﴾
They will be given drink from a boiling spring
88:6
لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ﴿6﴾
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
88:7
لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ﴿7﴾
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger
88:8
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ﴿8﴾
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure
88:9
لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ﴿9﴾
With their effort [they are] satisfied
88:10
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ﴿10﴾
In an elevated garden
88:11
لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ﴿11﴾
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech
88:12
فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ﴿12﴾
Within it is a flowing spring
88:13
فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ﴿13﴾
Within it are couches raised high
88:14
وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ﴿14﴾
And cups put in place
88:15
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ﴿15﴾
And cushions lined up
88:16
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ﴿16﴾
And carpets spread around
88:17
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ﴿17﴾
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created
88:18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ﴿18﴾
And at the sky - how it is raised
88:19
وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ﴿19﴾
And at the mountains - how they are erected
88:20
وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ﴿20﴾
And at the earth - how it is spread out
88:21
فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ﴿21﴾
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder
88:22
لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ﴿22﴾
You are not over them a controller
88:23
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ﴿23﴾
However, he who turns away and disbelieves
88:24
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ﴿24﴾
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment
88:25
إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ﴿25﴾
Indeed, to Us is their return
88:26
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم﴿26﴾
Then indeed, upon Us is their account
Translation
Saheeh International by Umm Muhammad. Arabic text sourced from The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia. Dataset Quran JSON v3.1.2, CC-BY-SA-4.0.