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English - Chapter 88 - Al-Ghashiyah
Translation by Mustafa Khattab God 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 God 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