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AL-GHASHIYA (THE OVERWHELMING, THE PALL)

Total Verses: 26
Revealed At: MAKKA

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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

Bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi

088.001
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?

1. Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

088.002
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,

2. Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun

088.003
Labouring (hard), weary,-

3. AAamilatun nasibatun

088.004
The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-

4. Tasla naran hamiyatan

088.005
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,

5. Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

088.006
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'

6. Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

088.007
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.

7. La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

088.008
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,

8. Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun

088.009
Pleased with their striving,-

9. LisaAAyiha radiyatun

088.010
In a Garden on high,

10. Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

088.011
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:

11. La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

088.012
Therein will be a bubbling spring:

12. Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

088.013
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,

13. Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

088.014
Goblets placed (ready),

14. Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

088.015
And cushions set in rows,

15. Wanamariqu masfoofatun

088.016
And rich carpets (all) spread out.

16. Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

088.017
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?-

17. Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat

088.018
And at the Sky, how it is raised high?-

18. Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat

088.019
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?-

19. Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat

088.020
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?

20. Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat

088.021
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.

21. Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

088.022
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.

22. Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

088.023
But if any turn away and reject Allah,-

23. Illa man tawalla wakafara

088.024
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,

24. FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara

088.025
For to Us will be their return;

25. Inna ilayna iyabahum

088.026
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.

26. Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum


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