Surah Al-Ghashiyah

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 88:1 ▶

   هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ ﴿١﴾

   hal 'atāka ḥadīthu l-ghāshiyah

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

2. 88:2 ▶

   وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ ﴿٢﴾

   wujūhuy yawma'idhin khāshiʿah

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

3. 88:3 ▶

   عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ ﴿٣﴾

   ʿāmilatun nāṣibah

   Working [hard] and exhausted.

   Another accepted meaning is "They were working hard and exhausted," i.e., doing deeds during worldly life which did not benefit them since they were not accompanied by faith or done for the acceptance of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).

4. 88:4 ▶

   تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً ﴿٤﴾

   taṣlā nāran ḥāmiyah

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

5. 88:5 ▶

   تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ ﴿٥﴾

   tusqā min ʿaynin 'āniyah

   They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

6. 88:6 ▶

   لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ ﴿٦﴾

   laysa lahum ṭaʿāmun 'illā min ḍarīʿ

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

7. 88:7 ▶

   لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ ﴿٧﴾

   lā yusminu walā yughnī min jūʿ

   Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

8. 88:8 ▶

   وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ ﴿٨﴾

   wujūhuy yawma'idhin nāʿimah

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

9. 88:9 ▶

   لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ﴿٩﴾

   lisaʿyihā rāḍiyah

   With their effort [they are] satisfied

10. 88:10 ▶

    فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ﴿١٠﴾

    fī jannatin ʿāliyah

    In an elevated garden,

11. 88:11 ▶

    لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً ﴿١١﴾

    lā tasmaʿu fīhā lāghiyah

    Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

    i.e., any insult, falsehood, immorality, idle or vain talk, etc.

12. 88:12 ▶

    فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ ﴿١٢﴾

    fīhā ʿaynun jāriyah

    Within it is a flowing spring.

13. 88:13 ▶

    فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ ﴿١٣﴾

    fīhā sururum marfūʿah

    Within it are couches raised high

14. 88:14 ▶

    وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ ﴿١٤﴾

    wa'akwābum mawḍūʿah

    And cups put in place

15. 88:15 ▶

    وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ ﴿١٥﴾

    wanamāriqu maṣfūfah

    And cushions lined up

16. 88:16 ▶

    وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ ﴿١٦﴾

    wazarābiyyu mabthūthah

    And carpets spread around.

17. 88:17 ▶

    أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ ﴿١٧﴾

    afalā yanẓurūna 'ila l-ibili kayfa khuliqat

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

18. 88:18 ▶

    وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ ﴿١٨﴾

    wa'ila s-samā'i kayfa rufiʿat

    And at the sky - how it is raised?

19. 88:19 ▶

    وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ ﴿١٩﴾

    wa'ila l-jibāli kayfa nuṣibat

    And at the mountains - how they are erected?

20. 88:20 ▶

    وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ ﴿٢٠﴾

    wa'ila l-arḍi kayfa suṭiḥat

    And at the earth - how it is spread out?

21. 88:21 ▶

    فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ ﴿٢١﴾

    fadhakkir 'innamā 'anta mudhakkir

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

22. 88:22 ▶

    لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

    lasta ʿalayhim bimuṣayṭir

    You are not over them a controller.

23. 88:23 ▶

    إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ﴿٢٣﴾

    illā man tawallā wakafar

    However, he who turns away and disbelieves –

24. 88:24 ▶

    فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ ﴿٢٤﴾

    fayuʿadhdhibuhu llāhu l-ʿadhāba l-akbar

    Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

25. 88:25 ▶

    إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ ﴿٢٥﴾

    inna 'ilaynā 'iyābahum

    Indeed, to Us is their return.

26. 88:26 ▶

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم ﴿٢٦﴾

    thumma 'inna ʿalaynā ḥisābahum

    Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.