Surah 88 · 26 ayat
Al-Ghaashiya
الغَاشِيَةِThe Overwhelming
Read this surah retold from Sheikh Abu Bakr Zoud's tafsir→- 1
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
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عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Working [hard] and exhausted.
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تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
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تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
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لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
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لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
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وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
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لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
With their effort [they are] satisfied
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فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
In an elevated garden,
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لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
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فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Within it is a flowing spring.
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فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Within it are couches raised high
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وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cups put in place
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وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And cushions lined up
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وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
And carpets spread around.
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أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
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وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And at the sky - how it is raised?
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وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
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وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
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فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.
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لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
You are not over them a controller.
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إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
However, he who turns away and disbelieves
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فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.
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إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Indeed, to Us is their return.
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ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.