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الغَاشِيَة

Ali Quli Qara'i

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
Ali Quli Qara'i
Did you receive the account of the Enveloper
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
88:2 ›
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
Ali Quli Qara'i
Some faces on that day will be humbled
Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun
88:3 ›
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Ali Quli Qara'i
wrought-up and weary
AAamilatun nasibatun
88:4 ›
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Ali Quli Qara'i
they will enter a scorching fire
Tasla naran hamiyatan
88:5 ›
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
Ali Quli Qara'i
and made to drink from a boiling spring
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
88:6 ›
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Ali Quli Qara'i
They will have no food except cactus
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
88:7 ›
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ
Ali Quli Qara'i
neither nourishing, nor availing against hunger
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
88:8 ›
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Ali Quli Qara'i
Some faces on that day will be joyous
Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun
88:9 ›
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
Ali Quli Qara'i
pleased with their endeavour
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
88:10 ›
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Ali Quli Qara'i
in a lofty paradise
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
88:11 ›
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
Ali Quli Qara'i
wherein they will not hear any vain talk
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
88:12 ›
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Ali Quli Qara'i
In it there is a flowing sprin
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
88:13 ›
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Ali Quli Qara'i
and in it there are raised couches
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
88:14 ›
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
Ali Quli Qara'i
and goblets set
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
88:15 ›
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
Ali Quli Qara'i
and cushions laid out in an array
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
88:16 ›
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Ali Quli Qara'i
and carpets spread out
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
88:17 ›
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Ali Quli Qara'i
Do they not observe the camel, [to see] how she has been created
Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat
88:18 ›
وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
Ali Quli Qara'i
and the sky, how it has been raised
Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat
88:19 ›
وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
Ali Quli Qara'i
and the mountains, how they have been set
Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat
88:20 ›
وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Ali Quli Qara'i
and the earth, how it has been surfaced
Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat
88:21 ›
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Ali Quli Qara'i
So admonish—for you are only an admonisher
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
88:22 ›
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
Ali Quli Qara'i
and not a taskmaster over them—
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
88:23 ›
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Ali Quli Qara'i
except him who turns back and disbelieves
Illa man tawalla wakafara
88:24 ›
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
Ali Quli Qara'i
Him Allah will punish with the greatest punishment
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara
88:25 ›
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
Ali Quli Qara'i
Indeed to Us will be their return
Inna ilayna iyabahum
88:26 ›
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
Ali Quli Qara'i
Then, indeed, their reckoning will lie with Us
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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