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English - Chapter 88 - Al-Ghashiyah

Translation by Mustafa Khattab Allah Edition — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:1

Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:2

On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:3

˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:4

burning in a scorching Fire

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:5

left to drink from a scalding spring

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:6

They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:7

neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:8

On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:9

˹fully˺ pleased with their striving

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:10

in an elevated Garden

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:11

where no idle talk will be heard

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:12

In it will be a running spring

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:13

along with thrones raised high

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:14

and cups set at hand

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:15

and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:16

and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:17

Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ 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 firmly set up

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:20

and the earth—how it was levelled out

Verse 21 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:21

So, ˹continue to˺ remind ˹all, O Prophet˺, for your duty is only to remind

Verse 22 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:22

You are not ˹there˺ to compel them ˹to believe˺

Verse 23 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:23

But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief

Verse 24 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:24

then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment

Verse 25 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:25

Surely to Us is their return

Verse 26 — Surah Al-Ghashiyah 88:26

then surely with Us is their reckoning