Surah 88. Al-Ghaasjija — The Overwhelming Event
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The English text of surah 88 (Al-Ghaasjija, “The Overwhelming Event”), 26 verses, from the public-domain translation The Holy Qur'an by Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1934), shown next to the Arabic original. Read this surah interactively.
Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Labouring (hard), weary,-
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Pleased with their striving,-
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
In a Garden on high,
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Therein will be a bubbling spring:
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Goblets placed (ready),
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cushions set in rows,
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And rich carpets (all) spread out.
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?-
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
And at the Sky, how it is raised high?-
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?-
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
But if any turn away and reject Allah,-
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
For to Us will be their return;
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم