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Verse 1
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
Transliteration
Hal ataaka hadeesul ghaashiyah
Translation
Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺?
Surah 88
The Overwhelming
الغاشية
Al-Ghashiyah
Meccan26 Verses
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Verse 2
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Transliteration
Wujoohuny yawma 'izin khaashi'ah
Translation
On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast,
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Verse 3
عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ
Transliteration
'Aamilatun naasibah
Translation
˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted,
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Verse 4
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ
Transliteration
Taslaa naaran haamiyah
Translation
burning in a scorching Fire,
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Verse 5
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ
Transliteration
Tusqaa min 'aynin aaniyah
Translation
left to drink from a scalding spring.
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Verse 6
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ
Transliteration
Laisa lahum ta'aamun illaa min daree'
Translation
They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub,
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Verse 7
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ
Transliteration
Laa yusminu wa laa yughnee min joo'
Translation
neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.
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Verse 8
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ
Transliteration
Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naa'imah
Translation
On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss,
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Verse 9
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ
Transliteration
Lisa'yihaa raadiyah
Translation
˹fully˺ pleased with their striving,
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Verse 10
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ
Transliteration
Fee jannatin 'aaliyah
Translation
in an elevated Garden,
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Verse 11
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةًۭ
Transliteration
Laa tasma'u feehaa laaghiyah
Translation
where no idle talk will be heard.
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Verse 12
فِيهَا عَيْنٌۭ جَارِيَةٌۭ
Transliteration
Feehaa 'aynun jaariyah
Translation
In it will be a running spring,
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Verse 13
فِيهَا سُرُرٌۭ مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ
Transliteration
Feehaa sururum marfoo'ah
Translation
along with thrones raised high,
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Verse 14
وَأَكْوَابٌۭ مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ
Transliteration
Wa akwaabum mawdoo'ah
Translation
and cups set at hand,
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Verse 15
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ
Transliteration
Wa namaariqu masfoofah
Translation
and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up,
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Verse 16
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Transliteration
Wa zaraabiyyu mabsoosah
Translation
and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out.
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Verse 17
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Transliteration
Afalaa yanzuroona ilalibili kaifa khuliqat
Translation
Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created;
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Verse 18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
Transliteration
Wa ilas samaaa'i kaifa rufi'at
Translation
and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺;
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Verse 19
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
Transliteration
Wa ilal jibaali kaifa nusibat
Translation
and the mountains—how they were firmly set up;
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Verse 20
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Transliteration
Wa ilal ardi kaifa sutihat
Translation
and the earth—how it was levelled out?
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Verse 21
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌۭ
Transliteration
Fazakkir innama anta Muzakkir
Translation
So, ˹continue to˺ remind ˹all, O Prophet˺, for your duty is only to remind.
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Verse 22
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
Transliteration
Lasta 'alaihim bimusaitir
Translation
You are not ˹there˺ to compel them ˹to believe˺.
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Verse 23
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Transliteration
Illaa man tawallaa wa kafar
Translation
But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief,
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Verse 24
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Transliteration
Fa yu'azzibuhul laahul 'azaabal akbar
Translation
then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment.
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Verse 25
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Transliteration
Innaa ilainaaa iyaabahum
Translation
Surely to Us is their return,
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Verse 26
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
Transliteration
Summa inna 'alainaa hisaabahum
Translation
then surely with Us is their reckoning.