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Surah 88
الغَاشِيَةِ
سورۃ الغَاشِيَةِ
The Overwhelming • Mecca • 26 ayahs
الغَاشِيَةِ
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Ayah 88:1
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ١
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Ayah 88:2
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ٢
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Ayah 88:3
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ٣
Working [hard] and exhausted.1
Ayah 88:4
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً٤
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Ayah 88:5
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ٥
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Ayah 88:6
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ٦
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
Ayah 88:7
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ٧
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
Ayah 88:8
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ٨
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
Ayah 88:9
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ٩
With their effort [they are] satisfied
Ayah 88:10
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ١٠
In an elevated garden,
Ayah 88:11
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً١١
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.1
Ayah 88:12
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ١٢
Within it is a flowing spring.
Ayah 88:13
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ١٣
Within it are couches raised high
Ayah 88:14
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ١٤
And cups put in place
Ayah 88:15
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ١٥
And cushions lined up
Ayah 88:16
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ١٦
And carpets spread around.
Ayah 88:17
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ١٧
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
Ayah 88:18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ١٨
And at the sky - how it is raised?
Ayah 88:19
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ١٩
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
Ayah 88:20
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ٢٠
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
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Surah Al-Ghaashiya (The Overwhelming) is chapter 88 of the Quran and contains 26 ayahs. The reader provides Arabic text with Urdu and English translations. Choose an ayah below to open its reference page.
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