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English - Chapter 88 - Al-Ghashiyah

Translation by Maududi — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:1

Has the news of the overwhelming event reached you

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:2

Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:3

be toiling and worn-out

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:4

they shall burn in a Scorching Fire

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:5

their drink shall be from a boiling spring

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:6

They shall have no food except bitter dry thorns

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:7

that will neither nourish nor satisfy their hunger

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:8

On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:9

well-pleased with their striving

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:10

They will be in a lofty Garden

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:11

wherein they shall hear no vain talk

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:12

In it there shall be a flowing spring

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:13

and couches raised high

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:14

and goblets laid out

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:15

and cushions arrayed in rows

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:16

and rich carpets levelled out

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:17

Do (these unbelievers) not observe the camels: how they were created

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:18

And the sky: how it was raised high

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:19

And the mountains: how they were fixed

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:20

And the earth: how it was spread out

Verse 21 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:21

So render good counsel, for you are simply required to counsel

Verse 22 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:22

and are not invested with the authority to compel them

Verse 23 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:23

But whoever will turn away (from the Truth)

Verse 24 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:24

Allah will chastise him with the most terrible chastisement

Verse 25 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:25

Surely to Us is their return

Verse 26 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:26

and then it is for Us to call them to account