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Mohammad Habib Shakir

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88 Al-Ghāshiyah ٱلْغَاشِيَة

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

88:1 هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ
88:1
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?

88:2 وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ
88:2
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,

88:3 عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
88:3
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Laboring, toiling,

88:4 تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
88:4
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Entering into burning fire,

88:5 تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
88:5
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Made to drink from a boiling spring.

88:6 لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
88:6
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
They shall have no food but of thorns,

88:7 لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
88:7
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.

88:8 وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
88:8
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,

88:9 لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
88:9
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Well-pleased because of their striving,

88:10 فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
88:10
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
In a lofty garden,

88:11 لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً
88:11
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.

88:12 فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
88:12
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Therein is a fountain flowing,

88:13 فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
88:13
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Therein are thrones raised high,

88:14 وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
88:14
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And drinking-cups ready placed,

88:15 وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
88:15
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And cushions set in a row,

88:16 وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
88:16
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And carpets spread out.

88:17 أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
88:17
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?

88:18 وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
88:18
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,

88:19 وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
88:19
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,

88:20 وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
88:20
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?

88:21 فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
88:21
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.

88:22 لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
88:22
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
You are not a watcher over them;

88:23 إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
88:23
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,

88:24 فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
88:24
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.

88:25 إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
88:25
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Surely to Us is their turning back,

88:26 ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
88:26
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.