88th surah of the Quran

Surah Al-Ghashiyah

The Overwhelming

Meccan 26 verses Juz 30
Al-Ghashiyah

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ ﴿١﴾

Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming?

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ ﴿٢﴾

On that day (many) faces will be downcast,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ ﴿٣﴾

Toiling, weary,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ ﴿٤﴾

Scorched by burning fire,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ ﴿٥﴾

Drinking from a boiling spring,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ ﴿٦﴾

No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ ﴿٧﴾

Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ ﴿٨﴾

In that day other faces will be calm,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ ﴿٩﴾

Glad for their effort past,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ ﴿١٠﴾

In a high Garden

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةًۭ ﴿١١﴾

Where they hear no idle speech,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فِيهَا عَيْنٌۭ جَارِيَةٌۭ ﴿١٢﴾

Wherein is a gushing spring,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فِيهَا سُرُرٌۭ مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ ﴿١٣﴾

Wherein are couches raised

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَأَكْوَابٌۭ مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ ﴿١٤﴾

And goblets set at hand

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ ﴿١٥﴾

And cushions ranged

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ ﴿١٦﴾

And silken carpets spread.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ ﴿١٧﴾

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

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ ﴿١٨﴾

And the heaven, how it is raised?

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ ﴿١٩﴾

And the hills, how they are set up?

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ ﴿٢٠﴾

And the earth, how it is spread?

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌۭ ﴿٢١﴾

Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

Thou art not at all a warder over them.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ﴿٢٣﴾

But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ ﴿٢٤﴾

Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ ﴿٢٥﴾

Lo! unto Us is their return

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم ﴿٢٦﴾

And Ours their reckoning.

Tafsir al-Muyassar (Arabic)

Al-Ghashiyah Verse 1 of 26

Arabic text: Uthmani script. English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall. Audio: everyayah.com.

About Surah Al-Ghashiyah

Surah Al-Ghashiyah (الغاشية) is the 88th surah of the Quran. It has 26 verses and is found in Juz 30. It is classified as a Meccan surah, meaning it was mainly revealed before the Prophet's migration (Hijra) to Medina.

Its name, الغاشية, is commonly translated as “The Overwhelming”.

Questions about Surah Al-Ghashiyah

How many verses are in Surah Al-Ghashiyah?

Surah Al-Ghashiyah (الغاشية) has 26 verses. It is the 88th surah of the Quran, after Surah Al-A'la and before Surah Al-Fajr, and it is found in Juz 30.

Is Surah Al-Ghashiyah Meccan or Medinan?

It is classified as a Meccan surah, meaning it was mainly revealed before the Hijra. In the traditional order of revelation it is number 68 out of 114. Scholars sometimes differ about the place of revelation of some verses.

What does the name of Surah Al-Ghashiyah mean?

الغاشية is commonly translated as “The Overwhelming”. The surahs are named after a word or a theme that appears in them, and the name is a label rather than a summary of the whole surah.

Which Juz is Surah Al-Ghashiyah in?

Surah Al-Ghashiyah is in Juz' 30.

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