Al-Ghashiyahالغاشية

The Overwhelming · 26 verses · Meccan

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ

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

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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ

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

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عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

Working [hard] and exhausted.Saheeh International

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تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

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

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تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

They will be given drink from a boiling spring.Saheeh International

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لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

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

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لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.Saheeh International

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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

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

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لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

With their effort [they are] satisfiedSaheeh International

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فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

In an elevated garden,Saheeh International

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لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.Saheeh International

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فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

Within it is a flowing spring.Saheeh International

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فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

Within it are couches raised highSaheeh International

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وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

And cups put in placeSaheeh International

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وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

And cushions lined upSaheeh International

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وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

And carpets spread around.Saheeh International

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أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

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

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وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

And at the sky - how it is raised?Saheeh International

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وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

And at the mountains - how they are erected?Saheeh International

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وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

And at the earth - how it is spread out?Saheeh International

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فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

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

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لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

You are not over them a controller.Saheeh International

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إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

However, he who turns away and disbelievesSaheeh International

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فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.Saheeh International

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إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

Indeed, to Us is their return.Saheeh International

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ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

Then indeed, upon Us is their account.Saheeh International

About Surah Al-Ghashiyah (الغاشية)

Al-Ghashiyah sets two scenes of the overwhelming Day — faces humbled, laboring, scorched; and faces joyful, pleased with their striving, in an elevated garden. Then four questions to ground the heedless: do they not look at the camel, how it was created; the sky, raised; the mountains, erected; the earth, spread out?

Chapter
88 of 114
Verses
26
Revelation
Makki
Meaning
The Overwhelming

Frequently Asked Questions about Surah Al-Ghashiyah

What does "Al-Ghashiyah" mean in English?

Al-Ghashiyah (الغاشية) means "The Overwhelming" in English. It is chapter 88 of the Holy Quran.

How many verses are in Surah Al-Ghashiyah?

Surah Al-Ghashiyah has 26 verses (ayat). It appears on page 592 of the mushaf.

Is Surah Al-Ghashiyah Makki or Madani?

Surah Al-Ghashiyah is a Makki surah, revealed in Makkah before the Prophet's ﷺ migration to Madinah.