The Overwhelming
سورة الغاشية
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
88:1
The Overwhelming
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ١
Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺?
88:2
The Overwhelming
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ٢
On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast
88:3
The Overwhelming
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ٣
˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted
88:4
The Overwhelming
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً٤
burning in a scorching Fire
88:5
The Overwhelming
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ٥
left to drink from a scalding spring.
88:6
The Overwhelming
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ٦
They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub
88:7
The Overwhelming
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ٧
neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.
88:8
The Overwhelming
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ٨
On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss
88:9
The Overwhelming
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ٩
˹fully˺ pleased with their striving
88:10
The Overwhelming
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ١٠
in an elevated Garden
88:11
The Overwhelming
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً١١
where no idle talk will be heard.
88:12
The Overwhelming
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ١٢
In it will be a running spring
88:13
The Overwhelming
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ١٣
along with thrones raised high
88:14
The Overwhelming
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ١٤
and cups set at hand
88:15
The Overwhelming
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ١٥
and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up
88:16
The Overwhelming
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ١٦
and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out.
88:17
The Overwhelming
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ١٧
Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created;
88:18
The Overwhelming
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ١٨
and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺;
88:19
The Overwhelming
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ١٩
and the mountains—how they were firmly set up;
88:20
The Overwhelming
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ٢٠
and the earth—how it was levelled out?