بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Al-Ghashiyah 88:19
The Overwhelming · Juz 30 · Page 592
وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ ١٩
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
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ولَمّا ذَكَرَ العالِي مِنَ الحَيَوانِ المَلابِسِ لِلْإنْسانِ والعالِي [مِنَ] الأكْوانِ، أتْبَعَهُ أعْلى الأرْضِ فَقالَ تَعالى: ﴿وإلى الجِبالِ﴾ أيِ الشّامِخَةِ وهي أشَدُّ الأرْضِ ﴿كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ﴾ أيْ كانَ نَصْبُها مَن ناصَبَها عالِيَةً جِدًّا عَلى بَقِيَّةِ الأرْضِ بِلا مُوجِبٍ فِيها لِذَلِكَ مِن طَبِيعَةٍ ولا غَيْرِها بَلْ بِفِعْلِ الفاعِلِ المُخْتارِ فَهي راسِخَةٌ لا تَمِيلُ، فَوَضَعَها كَذَلِكَ عَلى ما فِيها مِنَ المَنافِعِ مِنَ المِياهِ الجارِيَةِ والأشْجارِ المُخْتَلِفَةِ أعْجَبُ مِن وضْعِ الأكْوابِ (p-١٧)والنَّمارِقِ المُزَيَّنَةِ، وبِها مَعَ ذَلِكَ ثَبَتَتِ الأرْضُ وحُفِظَتْ مِنَ المَيْدِ، واعْتَدَلَ أمْرُ الكَواكِبِ في تَقْدِيرِ اللَّيْلِ والنَّهارِ بِاعْتِدالِ البِلادِ بِالطَّلْقِ بِإعْلاءِ بَعْضِها قِبَلَ بَعْضٍ حَتّى كانَتِ المَطالِعُ والمَغارِبُ عَلى تَرْتِيبٍ مُطَّرِدٍ ونِظامٍ مُحْكَمٍ غَيْرِ مُنْخَرِمٍ تُقَدَّرُ بِهِ الأزْمانُ والفُصُولُ والسُّنُونُ والأيّامُ والشُّهُورُ - إلى غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الأُمُورِ، ولا يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ لَها إلّا بِقاهِرٍ قادِرٍ مُخْتارٍ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ.
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87:16
بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ١٦
But you prefer the worldly life,
87:17
وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ ١٧
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
87:18
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ١٨
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
87:19
صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ١٩
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
سورة الغاشية
Al-Ghashiyah
The Overwhelming · Meccan · 26 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
88:1
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ ١
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
88:2
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ ٢
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
88:3
عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ ٣
Working [hard] and exhausted.1
1 translator’s note
- Another accepted meaning is "They were working hard and exhausted," i.e., doing deeds during worldly life which did not benefit them since they were not accompanied by faith or done for the acceptance of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) . ↩
88:4
تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ ٤
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
88:5
تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ ٥
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
88:6
لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ ٦
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
88:7
لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ ٧
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
88:8
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ ٨
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
88:9
لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ ٩
With their effort [they are] satisfied
88:10
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ ١٠
In an elevated garden,
88:11
لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ ١١
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.1
1 translator’s note
- i.e., any insult, falsehood, immorality, idle or vain talk, etc. ↩
88:12
فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ ١٢
Within it is a flowing spring.
88:13
فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ ١٣
Within it are couches raised high
88:14
وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ ١٤
And cups put in place
88:15
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ ١٥
And cushions lined up
88:16
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ ١٦
And carpets spread around.
88:17
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ ١٧
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
88:18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ ١٨
And at the sky - how it is raised?
88:19
وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ ١٩
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
88:20
وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ ٢٠
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
88:21
فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ ٢١
So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.
88:22
لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ ٢٢
You are not over them a controller.
88:23
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ٢٣
However, he who turns away and disbelieves –
88:24
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ ٢٤
Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.
88:25
إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ ٢٥
Indeed, to Us is their return.
88:26
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم ٢٦
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.