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English - Chapter 88 - Al-Ghashiyah
Translation by Abdel Haleem — Permalink
Verse 1 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:1
Have you heard tell [Prophet] about the Overwhelming Event
Verse 2 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:2
On that Day, there will be downcast faces
Verse 3 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:3
toiling and weary
Verse 4 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:4
as they enter the blazing Fire
Verse 5 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:5
and are forced to drink from a boiling spring
Verse 6 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:6
with no food for them except bitter dry thorns
Verse 7 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:7
that neither nourish nor satisfy hunger
Verse 8 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:8
On that Day there will also be faces radiant with bliss
Verse 9 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:9
well pleased with their labour
Verse 10 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:10
in a lofty garden
Verse 11 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:11
where they will hear no idle talk
Verse 12 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:12
with a flowing spring
Verse 13 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:13
raised couches
Verse 14 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:14
goblets placed before them
Verse 15 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:15
cushions set in rows
Verse 16 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:16
and carpets spread
Verse 17 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:17
Do the disbelievers not see how rain clouds are formed
Verse 18 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:18
how the heavens are lifted
Verse 19 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:19
how the mountains are raised high
Verse 20 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:20
how the earth is spread out
Verse 21 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:21
So [Prophet] warn them: your only task is to give warning
Verse 22 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:22
you are not there to control them
Verse 23 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:23
As for those who turn away and disbelieve
Verse 24 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:24
God will inflict the greatest torment upon them
Verse 25 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:25
It is to Us they will return
Verse 26 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:26
and then it is for Us to call them to account