سورة الغاشيةAl-GhashiyahThe Overwhelming88Chapter26VersesMakkiRevelationExplore Surah Statistics, Insights and Metadata
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About Surah Al-Ghashiyah
Al-Ghashiya, "the overwhelming event," refers to the Day of Judgment, described here through the sharply contrasting fates of two groups: the humiliated and exhausted people of Hell, and the content, honored people of Paradise. The surah then shifts tone, inviting readers to reflect on ordinary things around them — how camels are formed, how the sky is raised, how mountains are set firm, how the earth is spread out — as accessible, everyday evidence of a deliberate Creator.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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1
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ
Hal ataaka hadeesul ghaashiyah
Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming?
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وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Wujoohuny yawma 'izin khaashi'ah
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
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3
عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ
'Aamilatun naasibah
Toiling, weary,
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4
تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ
Taslaa naaran haamiyah
Scorched by burning fire,
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5
تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ
Tusqaa min 'aynin aaniyah
Drinking from a boiling spring,
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لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ
Laisa lahum ta'aamun illaa min daree'
No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit
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7
لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ
Laa yusminu wa laa yughnee min joo'
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
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8
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ
Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naa'imah
In that day other faces will be calm,
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9
لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ
Lisa'yihaa raadiyah
Glad for their effort past,
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10
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ
Fee jannatin 'aaliyah
In a high Garden
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11
لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ
Laa tasma'u feehaa laaghiyah
Where they hear no idle speech,
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12
فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ
Feehaa 'aynun jaariyah
Wherein is a gushing spring,
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13
فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ
Feehaa sururum marfoo'ah
Wherein are couches raised
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14
وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ
Wa akwaabum mawdoo 'ah
And goblets set at hand
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15
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ
Wa namaariqu masfoofah
And cushions ranged
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16
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ
Wa zaraabiyyu mabsoosah
And silken carpets spread.
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17
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ
Afalaa yanzuroona ilalibili kaifa khuliqat
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created?
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18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ
Wa ilas samaaa'i kaifa rufi'at
And the heaven, how it is raised?
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19
وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ
Wa ilal jibaali kaifa nusibat
And the hills, how they are set up?
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20
وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ
Wa ilal ardi kaifa sutihat
And the earth, how it is spread?
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21
فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ
Fazakkir innama anta Muzakkir
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
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22
لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ
Lasta 'alaihim bimusaitir
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
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23
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Illaa man tawallaa wa kafar
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
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24
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ
Fa yu'azzibuhul laahul 'azaabal akbar
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
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25
إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ
Innaa ilainaaa iyaabahum
Lo! unto Us is their return
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ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم
Summa inna 'alainaa hisaabahum
And Ours their reckoning.
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