88:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
Hal ataaka hadeesul ghaashiyah
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event?'
QUR’AN · SURAH 88
Al-Ghaashiya
The Overwhelming · undefined verses · Meccan
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88:2
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Wujoohuny yawma 'izin khaashi'ah
Some faces will on that Day be downcast,
88:3
عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ
'Aamilatun naasibah
toiling [under burdens of sin], worn out [by fear],
88:4
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ
Taslaa naaran haamiyah
about to enter a glowing fire,
88:5
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ
Tusqaa min 'aynin aaniyah
given to drink from a boiling spring.
88:6
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ
Laisa lahum ta'aamun illaa min daree'
No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns,
88:7
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ
Laa yusminu wa laa yughnee min joo'
which gives no strength and neither stills hunger.
88:8
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ
Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naa'imah
[And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss,
88:9
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ
Lisa'yihaa raadiyah
well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving,
88:10
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ
Fee jannatin 'aaliyah
in a garden sublime,
88:11
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةًۭ
Laa tasma'u feehaa laaghiyah
wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk.
88:12
فِيهَا عَيْنٌۭ جَارِيَةٌۭ
Feehaa 'aynun jaariyah
Countless springs will flow therein,
88:13
فِيهَا سُرُرٌۭ مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ
Feehaa sururum marfoo'ah
[and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high,
88:14
وَأَكْوَابٌۭ مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ
Wa akwaabum mawdoo 'ah
and goblets placed ready,
88:15
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ
Wa namaariqu masfoofah
and cushions ranged,
88:16
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Wa zaraabiyyu mabsoosah
and carpets spread out…
88:17
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Afalaa yanzuroona ilalibili kaifa khuliqat
DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created?
88:18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
Wa ilas samaaa'i kaifa rufi'at
And at the sky, how it is raised aloft?
88:19
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
Wa ilal jibaali kaifa nusibat
And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared?
88:20
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Wa ilal ardi kaifa sutihat
And at the earth, how it is spread out?
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Qur’an 88:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event?'
Qur’an 88:2
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Some faces will on that Day be downcast,
Qur’an 88:3
عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ
toiling [under burdens of sin], worn out [by fear],
Qur’an 88:4
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ
about to enter a glowing fire,
Qur’an 88:5
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ
given to drink from a boiling spring.
Qur’an 88:6
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ
No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns,
Qur’an 88:7
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ
which gives no strength and neither stills hunger.
Qur’an 88:8
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ
[And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss,
Qur’an 88:9
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ
well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving,
Qur’an 88:10
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ
in a garden sublime,
Qur’an 88:11
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةًۭ
wherein thou wilt hear no empty talk.
Qur’an 88:12
فِيهَا عَيْنٌۭ جَارِيَةٌۭ
Countless springs will flow therein,
Qur’an 88:13
فِيهَا سُرُرٌۭ مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ
[and] there will be thrones [of happiness] raised high,
Qur’an 88:14
وَأَكْوَابٌۭ مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ
and goblets placed ready,
Qur’an 88:15
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ
and cushions ranged,
Qur’an 88:16
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
and carpets spread out…
Qur’an 88:17
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created?
Qur’an 88:18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And at the sky, how it is raised aloft?
Qur’an 88:19
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And at the mountains, how firmly they are reared?
Qur’an 88:20
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
And at the earth, how it is spread out?
Qur’an 88:21
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌۭ
And so, [O Prophet,] exhort them; thy task is only to exhort:
Qur’an 88:22
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
thou canst not compel them [to believe].
Qur’an 88:23
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
However, as for him who turns away, being bent on denying the truth,
Qur’an 88:24
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
him will God cause to suffer the greatest suffering [in the life to come]:
Qur’an 88:25
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
for behold, unto Us will be their return,
Qur’an 88:26
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
and verily, It is for Us to call them to account.