Al-Ghashiyah

88:1Page 592

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ ١

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

88:2Page 592

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ ٢

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

88:3–7Page 592

عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ ٣

Working [hard] and exhausted.¹

تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ ٤

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

تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ ٥

They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ ٦

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

لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ ٧

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

88:8Page 592

وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ ٨

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

88:9–16Page 592

لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ ٩

With their effort [they are] satisfied

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ ١٠

In an elevated garden,

لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ ١١

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.¹

فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ ١٢

Within it is a flowing spring.

فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ ١٣

Within it are couches raised high

وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ ١٤

And cups put in place

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ ١٥

And cushions lined up

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ ١٦

And carpets spread around.

88:17–20Page 592

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ ١٧

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

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ ١٨

And at the sky - how it is raised?

وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ ١٩

And at the mountains - how they are erected?

وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ ٢٠

And at the earth - how it is spread out?

88:21–22Page 592

فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ ٢١

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

لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ ٢٢

You are not over them a controller.

88:23–24Page 592

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ٢٣

However, he who turns away and disbelieves –

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ ٢٤

Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

88:25–26Page 592

إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ ٢٥

Indeed, to Us is their return.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم ٢٦

Then indeed, upon Us is their account.