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

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1 The Overwhelming Event
88:1 ›
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
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Hast thou heard tell of the overwhelming event
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
88:2 ›
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
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Faces that Day shall be humbled
Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun
88:3 ›
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
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toiling, weary
AAamilatun nasibatun
88:4 ›
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
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entering a scorching Fire
Tasla naran hamiyatan
88:5 ›
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
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given drink from a boiling spring
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
88:6 ›
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
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They will have no food, save a vile thorn
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
88:7 ›
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ
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which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
88:8 ›
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
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Faces that Day shall be blessed
Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun
88:9 ›
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
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contented by their endeavorin
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
88:10 ›
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
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in a lofty Garden
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
88:11 ›
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
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wherein they hear no idle talk
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
88:12 ›
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
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Therein lies a flowing spring
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
88:13 ›
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
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therein are raised couches
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
88:14 ›
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
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goblets placed
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
88:15 ›
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
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cushions arrayed
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
88:16 ›
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
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and carpets spread
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
88:17 ›
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
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Do they not consider the camels, how they are created
Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat
88:18 ›
وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
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the sky, how it is raised
Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat
88:19 ›
وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
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the mountains, how they are established
Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat
88:20 ›
وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
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and the earth, how it is spread
Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat
88:21 ›
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
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So remind! Thou art but a reminder
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
88:22 ›
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
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thou art not a warder over them
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
88:23 ›
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
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But whosoever turns away and disbelieves
Illa man tawalla wakafara
88:24 ›
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
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God shall punish him with the greatest punishment
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara
88:25 ›
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
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Truly unto Us is their return
Inna ilayna iyabahum
88:26 ›
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
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then truly with Us lies 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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