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Al-Ghashiyah

The Overwhelming26 Verses4 Hadithsmakkah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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88:1
هَلۡ
Has
أَتَـٰكَ
(there) come to you
حَدِيثُ
(the) news
ٱلۡغَـٰشِيَةِ
(of) the Overwhelming
١
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
88:2
وُجُوهٌ
Faces
يَوۡمَئِذٍ
that Day
خَـٰشِعَةٌ
(will be) humbled
٢
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
88:3
عَامِلَةٌ
Laboring
نَّاصِبَةٌ
exhausted
٣
Working [hard] and exhausted.1
88:4
تَصۡلَىٰ
They will burn
نَارًا
(in) a Fire
حَامِيَةً
intensely hot
٤
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
88:5
تُسۡقَىٰ
They will be given to drink
مِنۡ
from
عَيۡنٍ
a spring
ءَانِيَةٍ
boiling
٥
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
88:6
لَّيۡسَ
Not is
لَهُمۡ
for them
طَعَامٌ
food
إِلَّا
except
مِن
from
ضَرِيعٍ
a bitter thorny plant
٦
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
88:7
لَّا
Not
يُسۡمِنُ
it nourishes
وَلَا
and not
يُغۡنِى
it avails
مِن
from
جُوعٍ
hunger
٧
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
88:8
وُجُوهٌ
Faces
يَوۡمَئِذٍ
that Day
نَّاعِمَةٌ
(will be) joyful
٨
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
88:9
لِّسَعۡيِهَا
With their effort
رَاضِيَةٌ
satisfied
٩
With their effort [they are] satisfied
88:10
فِى
In
جَنَّةٍ
a garden
عَالِيَةٍ
elevated
١٠
In an elevated garden,
88:11
لَّا
Not
تَسۡمَعُ
they will hear
فِيهَا
therein
لَـٰغِيَةً
vain talk
١١
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.1
88:12
فِيهَا
Therein
عَيۡنٌ
(will be) a spring
جَارِيَةٌ
flowing
١٢
Within it is a flowing spring.
88:13
فِيهَا
Therein
سُرُرٌ
(will be) thrones
مَّرۡفُوعَةٌ
raised high
١٣
Within it are couches raised high
88:14
وَأَكۡوَابٌ
And cups
مَّوۡضُوعَةٌ
put in place
١٤
And cups put in place
88:15
وَنَمَارِقُ
And cushions
مَصۡفُوفَةٌ
lined up
١٥
And cushions lined up
88:16
وَزَرَابِىُّ
And carpets
مَبۡثُوثَةٌ
spread out
١٦
And carpets spread around.
88:17
أَفَلَا
Then do not
يَنظُرُونَ
they look
إِلَى
towards
ٱلۡإِبِلِ
the camels
كَيۡفَ
how
خُلِقَتۡ
they are created
١٧
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
88:18
وَإِلَى
And towards
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
the sky
كَيۡفَ
how
رُفِعَتۡ
it is raised
١٨
And at the sky - how it is raised?
88:19
وَإِلَى
And towards
ٱلۡجِبَالِ
the mountains
كَيۡفَ
how
نُصِبَتۡ
they are fixed
١٩
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
88:20
وَإِلَى
And towards
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
the earth
كَيۡفَ
how
سُطِحَتۡ
it is spread out
٢٠
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
88:21
فَذَكِّرۡ
So remind
إِنَّمَآ
only
أَنتَ
you
مُذَكِّرٌ
(are) a reminder
٢١
So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.
88:22
لَّسۡتَ
You are not
عَلَيۡهِم
over them
بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ
a controller
٢٢
You are not over them a controller.
88:23
إِلَّا
But
مَن
whoever
تَوَلَّىٰ
turns away
وَكَفَرَ
and disbelieves
٢٣
However, he who turns away and disbelieves
88:24
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ
Then will punish him
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
ٱلۡعَذَابَ
(with) the punishment
ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ
greatest
٢٤
Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.
88:25
إِنَّ
Indeed
إِلَيۡنَآ
to Us
إِيَابَهُمۡ
(will be) their return
٢٥
Indeed, to Us is their return.
88:26
ثُمَّ
Then
إِنَّ
indeed
عَلَيۡنَا
upon Us
حِسَابَهُم
(is) their account
٢٦
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
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