The Overwhelming
Al-Ghashiyah
88:1
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
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88:2
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ
Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺?
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88:3
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast,
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88:4
عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ
˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted,
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88:5
تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ
burning in a scorching Fire,
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88:6
تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ
left to drink from a scalding spring.
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88:7
لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ
They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub,
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88:8
لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ
neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.
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88:9
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ
On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss,
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88:10
لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ
˹fully˺ pleased with their striving,
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88:11
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ
in an elevated Garden,
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88:12
لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ
where no idle talk will be heard.
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88:13
فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ
In it will be a running spring,
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88:14
فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ
along with thrones raised high,
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88:15
وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ
and cups set at hand,
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88:16
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ
and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up,
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88:17
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ
and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out.
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88:18
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ
Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created;
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88:19
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ
and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺;
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88:20
وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ
and the mountains—how they were firmly set up;
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88:21
وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ
and the earth—how it was levelled out?
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88:22
فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ
So, ˹continue to˺ remind ˹all, O Prophet˺, for your duty is only to remind.
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88:23
لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ
You are not ˹there˺ to compel them ˹to believe˺.
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88:24
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief,
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88:25
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ
then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment.
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88:26
إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ
Surely to Us is their return,
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88:27
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم
then surely with Us is their reckoning.
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