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English - Chapter 88 - Al-Ghashiyah

Translation by Muhammad Taqi Usmani — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:1

Has there come to you the description of the Overwhelming Event

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:2

Many faces that day will be humbled

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:3

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:4

They will enter into the scorching fire

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:5

They will be made to drink water from a boiling spring

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:6

There will be no food for them except from a thorny plant

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:7

that will neither nourish, nor satisfy hunger

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:8

Many faces that day will be full of glamour

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:9

well pleased with their endeavor

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:10

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:11

in which they will not hear any absurd talk

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:12

In it there is a flowing spring

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:13

In it there are elevated couches

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:14

and goblets, well placed

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:15

and cushions, arrayed

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:16

and carpets, spread around

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:17

So, do they not look at the camels how they are created

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:18

and at the sky, how it is raised high

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:19

and at the mountains, how they are installed

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:20

and at the earth, how it is spread out

Verse 21 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:21

So, (O Prophet,) keep on preaching; you are only a preacher

Verse 22 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:22

You are not a taskmaster set up over them

Verse 23 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:23

but whoever turns away and disbelieves

Verse 24 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:24

Allah will punish him with the greatest torment

Verse 25 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:25

Surely towards Us they have to return

Verse 26 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:26

then it is Our job to call them to account