Surah The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall (al-Ghashiyah)

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1. The Overwhelming Event 88:1–26

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

1 The Overwhelming Event

88:1

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

Abdel Haleem

Have you heard tell [Prophet] about the Overwhelming Event

Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

88:2

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

Abdel Haleem

On that Day, there will be downcast faces

Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

Abdel Haleem

as they enter the blazing Fir

Tasla naran hamiyatan

88:5

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

Abdel Haleem

and are forced to drink from a boiling spring

Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

88:6

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

Abdel Haleem

with no food for them except bitter dry thorn

Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

88:7

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ

Abdel Haleem

that neither nourish nor satisfy hunger

La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

88:8

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

Abdel Haleem

On that Day there will also be faces radiant with bliss

Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun

88:9

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

Abdel Haleem

well pleased with their labour

LisaAAyiha radiyatun

88:10

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

Abdel Haleem

in a lofty garden

Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

88:11

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

Abdel Haleem

where they will hear no idle talk

La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

88:12

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

Abdel Haleem

with a flowing spring

Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

88:13

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

Abdel Haleem

raised couches

Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

88:14

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

Abdel Haleem

goblets placed before them

Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

88:15

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

Abdel Haleem

cushions set in rows

Wanamariqu masfoofatun

88:16

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

Abdel Haleem

and carpets spread

Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

88:17

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

Abdel Haleem

Do the disbelievers not see how rain clouds are formed

Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat

88:18

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

Abdel Haleem

how the heavens are lifted

Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat

88:19

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

Abdel Haleem

how the mountains are raised high

Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat

88:20

وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

Abdel Haleem

how the earth is spread out

Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat

88:21

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

Abdel Haleem

So [Prophet] warn them: your only task is to give warning

Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

88:22

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

Abdel Haleem

you are not there to control them

Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

88:23

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

Abdel Haleem

As for those who turn away and disbelieve

Illa man tawalla wakafara

88:24

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

Abdel Haleem

God will inflict the greatest torment upon them

FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara

88:25

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ

Abdel Haleem

It is to Us they will return

Inna ilayna iyabahum

88:26

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

Abdel Haleem

and then it is for Us to call them to account

Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

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Verses: 26
Revelation: Meccan
Juz: 30

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