Sura 88 Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming)

1. هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

   Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming (event)?

   88:1

2. وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

   (Some) faces, that Day, will be humbled,

   88:2

3. عَامِلَةٌ نَاصِبَةٌ

   Working (hard) and exhausted.

   88:3

4. تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

   They will (enter to) burn in an intensely hot Fire.

   88:4

5. تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

   They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

   88:5

6. لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيعٍ

   For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

   88:6

7. لَا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنْ جُوعٍ

   Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

   88:7

8. وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاعِمَةٌ

   (Other) faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

   88:8

9. لِسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

   With their effort (they are) satisfied

   88:9

10. فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

    In an elevated garden,

    88:10

11. لَا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

    Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

    88:11

12. فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

    Within it is a flowing spring.

    88:12

13. فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ

    Within it are couches raised high

    88:13

14. وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ

    And cups put in place

    88:14

15. وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

    And cushions lined up

    88:15

16. وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

    And carpets spread around.

    88:16

17. أَفَلَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

    Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

    88:17

18. وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

    And at the sky - how it is raised?

    88:18

19. وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

    And at the mountains - how they are erected?

    88:19

20. وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

    And at the earth - how it is spread out?

    88:20

Tradução: Saheeh International