الغاشية

Al-Ghaashiya

The Overwhelming

Revelation

Meccan

Verses

26 verses

Ruku

1 ruku

Order of revelation

68th revealed

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ

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   Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming?

2. 2

   وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ

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   On that day (many) faces will be downcast,

3. 3

   عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

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   Toiling, weary,

4. 4

   تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

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   Scorched by burning fire,

5. 5

   تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

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   Drinking from a boiling spring,

6. 6

   لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

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   No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit

7. 7

   لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

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   Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

8. 8

   وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

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   In that day other faces will be calm,

9. 9

   لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

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   Glad for their effort past,

10. 10

    فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

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    In a high Garden

11. 11

    لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً

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    Where they hear no idle speech,

12. 12

    فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

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    Wherein is a gushing spring,

13. 13

    فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

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    Wherein are couches raised

14. 14

    وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

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    And goblets set at hand

15. 15

    وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

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    And cushions ranged

16. 16

    وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

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    And silken carpets spread.

17. 17

    أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

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    Will they not regard the camels, how they are created?

18. 18

    وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

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    And the heaven, how it is raised?

19. 19

    وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

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    And the hills, how they are set up?

20. 20

    وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

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    And the earth, how it is spread?

21. 21

    فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

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    Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

22. 22

    لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

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    Thou art not at all a warder over them.

23. 23

    إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

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    But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

24. 24

    فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

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    Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

25. 25

    إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

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    Lo! unto Us is their return

26. 26

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

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    And Ours their reckoning.

About Surah Al-Ghashiyah

Also written Ghashiya

Surah Al-Ghashiyah is the 88th surah of the Quran: a Makki surah of 26 verses in para 30.

It contrasts faces humbled and weary on that Day with faces joyful in a lofty garden (88:2–16), and asks people to look at how the camel was created, the sky raised, the mountains set firm and the earth spread out (88:17–20).

What is the meaning of Surah Al-Ghashiyah?

Al-Ghashiyah means “the Overwhelming Event”, a name for the Day of Judgement (88:1).

How many verses are in Surah Al-Ghashiyah?

Surah Al-Ghashiyah has 26 verses (ayat) in 1 ruku.

Is Surah Al-Ghashiyah Makki or Madani?

It is a Makki (Meccan) surah, revealed in Mecca before the Hijrah. It was the 68th surah to be revealed.

Which para is Surah Al-Ghashiyah in?

It is in para (juz) 30 of the Quran, Juz ‘Amma.

When is Surah Al-Ghashiyah recited?

The Prophet ﷺ recited Al-Ala and Al-Ghashiyah in the two Eid prayers and in the Friday prayer (Sahih Muslim 878).

Can I read Surah Al-Ghashiyah with transliteration?

Yes. Open Display (the sliders icon above the verses) and turn on Transliteration to show the Arabic in Latin letters beneath each verse, or Word by word for the meaning of every word. The tafsir (commentary) of any verse opens from the book icon beside it.