Surah Al-Ghashiyah

Verse 88:1

هَلْ اَتٰىكَ حَدِیْثُ الْغَاشِیَةِ ۟ؕ

Hal ʹataaka ḥadees̤ul G̣aashiyah?

Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺?

Verse 88:2

وُجُوْهٌ یَّوْمَىِٕذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ ۟ۙ

Wujoohuñy Yawmaʹiẓin khaashiʻah,

On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast,

Verse 88:3

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ ۟ۙ

ʻAamilatun naaṣibah,

˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted,

Verse 88:4

تَصْلٰی نَارًا حَامِیَةً ۟ۙ

Taṣlaa Naaran ḥaamiyah,―

burning in a scorching Fire,

Verse 88:5

تُسْقٰی مِنْ عَیْنٍ اٰنِیَةٍ ۟ؕ

Tusq̣aa min ʻaynin ʹaaniyah,

left to drink from a scalding spring.

Verse 88:6

لَیْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ اِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِیْعٍ ۟ۙ

Laysa lahum ṭaʻaamun ʹillaa miñ Ḍareeʻ

They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub,

Verse 88:7

لَّا یُسْمِنُ وَلَا یُغْنِیْ مِنْ جُوْعٍ ۟ؕ

Laa- yusminu wa-laa yug̣nee miñ jooʻ.

neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.

Verse 88:8

وُجُوْهٌ یَّوْمَىِٕذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ ۟ۙ

Wujoohuñy Yawmaʹiẓin naaʻimah,

On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss,

Verse 88:9

لِّسَعْیِهَا رَاضِیَةٌ ۟ۙ

Lisaʻyihaa raaḍiyah,

˹fully˺ pleased with their striving,

Verse 88:10

فِیْ جَنَّةٍ عَالِیَةٍ ۟ۙ

Fee Jannatin ʻaaliyah,

in an elevated Garden,

Verse 88:11

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِیْهَا لَاغِیَةً ۟ؕ

Laa- tasmaʻu feehaa laag̣iyah:

where no idle talk will be heard.

Verse 88:12

فِیْهَا عَیْنٌ جَارِیَةٌ ۟ۘ

Feehaa ʻaynuñ jaariyah,

In it will be a running spring,

Verse 88:13

فِیْهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوْعَةٌ ۟ۙ

Feehaa Sururum marfooʻah,

along with thrones raised high,

Verse 88:14

وَّاَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوْعَةٌ ۟ۙ

Wa-ʹakwaabum mawḍooʻah,

and cups set at hand,

Verse 88:15

وَّنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوْفَةٌ ۟ۙ

Wa-namaariq̣u maṣfoofah,

and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up,

Verse 88:16

وَّزَرَابِیُّ مَبْثُوْثَةٌ ۟ؕ

Wa-zaraabiyyu mabs̤oos̤ah.

and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out.

Verse 88:17

اَفَلَا یَنْظُرُوْنَ اِلَی الْاِبِلِ كَیْفَ خُلِقَتْ ۟ۥ

ʹAfalaa yañz̤̣uroona ʹilal ʹibili kayfa khuliq̣at?―

Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created;

Verse 88:18

وَاِلَی السَّمَآءِ كَیْفَ رُفِعَتْ ۟ۥ

Wa-ʹilas Samaaaʹi kayfa rufiʻat?―

and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺;

Verse 88:19

وَاِلَی الْجِبَالِ كَیْفَ نُصِبَتْ ۟ۥ

Wa-ʹilal Jibaali kayfa nuṣibat?

and the mountains—how they were firmly set up;

Verse 88:20

وَاِلَی الْاَرْضِ كَیْفَ سُطِحَتْ ۟ۥ

Wa-ʹilal ʹArḍi kayfa suṭiḥat?

and the earth—how it was levelled out?

Verse 88:21

فَذَكِّرْ ؕ۫ اِنَّمَاۤ اَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ ۟ؕ

Faẓakkir, ʹinnamaaa ʹañta muẓakkir.

So, ˹continue to˺ remind ˹all, O Prophet˺, for your duty is only to remind.

Verse 88:22

لَسْتَ عَلَیْهِمْ بِمُصَۜیْطِرٍ ۟ۙ

Lasta ʻalayhim̃ bimuṣayṭir.

You are not ˹there˺ to compel them ˹to believe˺.

Verse 88:23

اِلَّا مَنْ تَوَلّٰی وَكَفَرَ ۟ۙ

ʹIllaa mañ tawallaa wa-kafar,―

But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief,

Verse 88:24

فَیُعَذِّبُهُ اللّٰهُ الْعَذَابَ الْاَكْبَرَ ۟ؕ

Fayuʻaẓẓibuhul laahul ʻAẓaabal ʹakbar.

then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment.

Verse 88:25

اِنَّ اِلَیْنَاۤ اِیَابَهُمْ ۟ۙ

ʹInna ʹilaynaaa ʹIyaabahum;

Surely to Us is their return,

Verse 88:26

ثُمَّ اِنَّ عَلَیْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ ۟۠

S̤umma ʹinna ʻalaynaa ḥisaabahum.

then surely with Us is their reckoning.