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الغَاشِيَة

Muhammad Sarwar

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
Muhammad Sarwar
Have you heard the story of the overwhelming event (the Day of Judgment)
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
88:2 ›
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
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On that day the faces of some people will be humbly cast down
Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun
88:3 ›
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
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troubled and tired as a result of their deeds in the past
AAamilatun nasibatun
88:4 ›
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
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They will suffer the heat of the blazing fir
Tasla naran hamiyatan
88:5 ›
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
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and will be made to drink from a fiercely boiling spring
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
88:6 ›
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
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They will have no food other than bitter and thorny frui
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
88:7 ›
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ
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which will neither fatten them nor satisfy them
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
88:8 ›
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
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However, on that day the faces of other people will be happy
Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun
88:9 ›
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
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and pleased with the result of their deeds in the past
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
88:10 ›
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
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They will live in an exalted garde
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
88:11 ›
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
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wherein they will not hear any vain talk
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
88:12 ›
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
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Therein will be a flowing spring
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
88:13 ›
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
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raised couches
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
88:14 ›
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
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well arranged goblets
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
88:15 ›
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
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well-placed cushions
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
88:16 ›
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
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and well spread carpets
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
88:17 ›
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
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Have they not looked at how the camel is created
Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat
88:18 ›
وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
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how the heavens are raised up high
Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat
88:19 ›
وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
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how the mountains are set firm
Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat
88:20 ›
وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
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and how the earth is spread out
Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat
88:21 ›
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
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(Muhammad), preach; you are only a preacher
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
88:22 ›
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
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You do not have full control over them
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
88:23 ›
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
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However, those who turn away and disbelieve
Illa man tawalla wakafara
88:24 ›
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
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God will punish them with the greatest torment
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara
88:25 ›
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
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To Us they will all return
Inna ilayna iyabahum
88:26 ›
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
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In Our hands are their accounts
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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