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الْغَاشِيَةُ

88. Surah Al-Ghashiyah

The Overwhelming

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful

88:1
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ١

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

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88:2
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ٢

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

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88:3
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ٣

Working [hard] and exhausted.1

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88:4
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً٤

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

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88:5
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ٥

They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

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88:6
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ٦

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

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88:7
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ٧

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

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88:8
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ٨

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

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88:9
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ٩

With their effort [they are] satisfied

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88:10
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ١٠

In an elevated garden,

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88:11
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً١١

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.1

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88:12
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ١٢

Within it is a flowing spring.

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88:13
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ١٣

Within it are couches raised high

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88:14
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ١٤

And cups put in place

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88:15
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ١٥

And cushions lined up

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88:16
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ١٦

And carpets spread around.

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88:17
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ١٧

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

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88:18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ١٨

And at the sky - how it is raised?

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88:19
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ١٩

And at the mountains - how they are erected?

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88:20
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ٢٠

And at the earth - how it is spread out?

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88:21
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ٢١

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

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88:22
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ٢٢

You are not over them a controller.

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88:23
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ٢٣

However, he who turns away and disbelieves

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88:24
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ٢٤

Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

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88:25
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ٢٥

Indeed, to Us is their return.

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88:26
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم٢٦

Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

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