Surah Al-Ghashiyah

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ١

   88:1

   hal atāka ḥadīthu l-ghāshiyati

   Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

2. وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ٢

   88:2

   wujūhun yawma-idhin khāshiʿatun

   [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

3. عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ٣

   88:3

   ʿāmilatun nāṣibatun

   Working [hard] and exhausted.

4. تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ٤

   88:4

   taṣlā nāran ḥāmiyatan

   They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

5. تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ٥

   88:5

   tus'qā min ʿaynin āniyatin

   They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

6. لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ٦

   88:6

   laysa lahum ṭaʿāmun illā min ḍarīʿin

   For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

7. لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ٧

   88:7

   lā yus'minu walā yugh'nī min jūʿin

   Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

8. وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ٨

   88:8

   wujūhun yawma-idhin nāʿimatun

   [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

9. لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ٩

   88:9

   lisaʿyihā rāḍiyatun

   With their effort [they are] satisfied

10. فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ١٠

    88:10

    fī jannatin ʿāliyatin

    In an elevated garden,

11. لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ١١

    88:11

    lā tasmaʿu fīhā lāghiyatan

    Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

12. فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ١٢

    88:12

    fīhā ʿaynun jāriyatun

    Within it is a flowing spring.

13. فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ١٣

    88:13

    fīhā sururun marfūʿatun

    Within it are couches raised high

14. وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ١٤

    88:14

    wa-akwābun mawḍūʿatun

    And cups put in place

15. وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ١٥

    88:15

    wanamāriqu maṣfūfatun

    And cushions lined up

16. وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ١٦

    88:16

    wazarābiyyu mabthūthatun

    And carpets spread around.

17. أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ١٧

    88:17

    afalā yanẓurūna ilā l-ibili kayfa khuliqat

    Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

18. وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ١٨

    88:18

    wa-ilā l-samāi kayfa rufiʿat

    And at the sky - how it is raised?

19. وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ١٩

    88:19

    wa-ilā l-jibāli kayfa nuṣibat

    And at the mountains - how they are erected?

20. وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ٢٠

    88:20

    wa-ilā l-arḍi kayfa suṭiḥat

    And at the earth - how it is spread out?

21. فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ٢١

    88:21

    fadhakkir innamā anta mudhakkirun

    So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.

22. لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ٢٢

    88:22

    lasta ʿalayhim bimuṣayṭirin

    You are not over them a controller.

23. إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ٢٣

    88:23

    illā man tawallā wakafara

    However, he who turns away and disbelieves

24. فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ٢٤

    88:24

    fayuʿadhibuhu l-lahu l-ʿadhāba l-akbara

    Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

25. إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ٢٥

    88:25

    inna ilaynā iyābahum

    Indeed, to Us is their return.

26. ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم٢٦

    88:26

    thumma inna ʿalaynā ḥisābahum

    Then indeed, upon Us is their account.