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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
Ahmed Ali (English) :
HAS NEWS OF the Overpowering Event reached you?

88:2 وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ
88:2
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Many faces will be contrite on that day,

88:3 عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
88:3
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Labouring, wearied out,

88:4 تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
88:4
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Burning in the scorching fire,

88:5 تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
88:5
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Given water from the boiling spring to drink.

88:6 لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
88:6
Ahmed Ali (English) :
They will have no food except bitter thorn,

88:7 لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
88:7
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Neither nourishing nor banishing hunger.

88:8 وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
88:8
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Many faces will be joyous on that day,

88:9 لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
88:9
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Well-pleased with their endeavour,

88:10 فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
88:10
Ahmed Ali (English) :
In the high empyrean,

88:11 لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً
88:11
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Never hearing idle talk.

88:12 فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
88:12
Ahmed Ali (English) :
There is a stream of running water in it;

88:13 فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
88:13
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And within it are couches placed on high,

88:14 وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
88:14
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Goblets set,

88:15 وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
88:15
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Cushions arranged,

88:16 وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
88:16
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And rich carpets spread.

88:17 أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
88:17
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Do they not then ponder how the clouds were formed;

88:18 وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
88:18
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And the heavens, how it was raised high;

88:19 وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
88:19
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And the mountains, how they were fixed;

88:20 وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
88:20
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And the earth, how it was spread out?

88:21 فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
88:21
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Remind them; you are surely a reminder.

88:22 لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
88:22
Ahmed Ali (English) :
You are not a warden over them,

88:23 إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
88:23
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Other than him who turns his back and denies,

88:24 فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
88:24
Ahmed Ali (English) :
In which case he will be punished by God with the severest punishment.

88:25 إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
88:25
Ahmed Ali (English) :
To Us is surely their returning;

88:26 ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
88:26
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Ours is surely then to reckon with them.