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English - Chapter 88 - Al-Ghashiyah

Translation by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:1

Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:2

On that day (many) faces will be downcast

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:3

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:4

Scorched by burning fire

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:5

Drinking from a boiling spring

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:6

No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:7

Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:8

In that day other faces will be calm

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:9

Glad for their effort past

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:10

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:11

Where they hear no idle speech

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:12

Wherein is a gushing spring

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:13

Wherein are couches raised

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:14

And goblets set at hand

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:15

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:16

And silken carpets spread

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:17

Will they not regard the camels, how they are created

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:18

And the heaven, how it is raised

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:19

And the hills, how they are set up

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:20

And the earth, how it is spread

Verse 21 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:21

Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer

Verse 22 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:22

Thou art not at all a warder over them

Verse 23 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:23

But whoso is averse and disbelieveth

Verse 24 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:24

Allah will punish him with direst punishment

Verse 25 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:25

Lo! unto Us is their return

Verse 26 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:26

And Ours their reckoning