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الغَاشِيَة

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Surah 88. The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall (al-Ghashiyah)

26 verses Meccan
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1 The Overwhelming Event
88:1 ›
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Hath there come Unto thee the story of the Enveloping Event
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
88:2 ›
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Faces on that Day shall be downcast
Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun
88:3 ›
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Travailing, worn
AAamilatun nasibatun
88:4 ›
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They shall roast into the scalding Fire
Tasla naran hamiyatan
88:5 ›
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Given to drink of a spring fiercely boiling
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
88:6 ›
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
No food shall be theirs save bitter thorn
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
88:7 ›
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Which shall neither nourish nor avail against hunger
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
88:8 ›
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Faces on that Day shall be de lighted
Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun
88:9 ›
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
With their endeavour well pleased
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
88:10 ›
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They shall be in a Garden lofty
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
88:11 ›
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They shall hear therein no vain discourse
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
88:12 ›
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Therein shall be a spring running
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
88:13 ›
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Therein shall be couches elevated
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
88:14 ›
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And goblets ready placed
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
88:15 ›
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And cushions ranged
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
88:16 ›
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And carpets ready spread
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
88:17 ›
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Look they not at the camels, how they are created
Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat
88:18 ›
وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And at the heaven, how it is raised
Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat
88:19 ›
وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And at the mountains, how they are rooted
Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat
88:20 ›
وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And at the earth, how it is outspread
Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat
88:21 ›
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Admonish thou then; thou art but an admonisher
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
88:22 ›
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Thou art not over them a warden
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
88:23 ›
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
But whosoever will turn back and disbelieve
Illa man tawalla wakafara
88:24 ›
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Him Allah shall torment with the greatest torment
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara
88:25 ›
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Verily Unto us is their reckoning
Inna ilayna iyabahum
88:26 ›
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Then verily on us is their reckoning
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
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Surah Info

Surah
The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall
Verses
26
Revelation
Meccan
Juz
30
Translations
65

Themes in This Surah

Judgment Paradise Hellfire Overwhelming

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