Surah Al-Ghashiyah (الغاشية) — The Overwhelming

1. Ayah 1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ

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

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2. Ayah 2

   وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ

   On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast

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3. Ayah 3

   عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

   ˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted

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4. Ayah 4

   تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

   burning in a scorching Fire

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5. Ayah 5

   تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

   left to drink from a scalding spring

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6. Ayah 6

   لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

   They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub

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7. Ayah 7

   لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

   neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger

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8. Ayah 8

   وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

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

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9. Ayah 9

   لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

   ˹fully˺ pleased with their striving

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10. Ayah 10

    فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

    in an elevated Garden

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11. Ayah 11

    لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً

    where no idle talk will be heard

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12. Ayah 12

    فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

    In it will be a running spring

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13. Ayah 13

    فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

    along with thrones raised high

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14. Ayah 14

    وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

    and cups set at hand

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15. Ayah 15

    وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

    and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up

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16. Ayah 16

    وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

    and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out

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17. Ayah 17

    أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

    Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created

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18. Ayah 18

    وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

    and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺

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19. Ayah 19

    وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

    and the mountains—how they were firmly set up

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20. Ayah 20

    وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

    and the earth—how it was levelled out

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21. Ayah 21

    فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

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

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22. Ayah 22

    لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

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

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23. Ayah 23

    إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

    But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief

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24. Ayah 24

    فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

    then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment

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25. Ayah 25

    إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

    Surely to Us is their return

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26. Ayah 26

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

    then surely with Us is their reckoning

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English translation: The Clear Quran (Dr. Mustafa Khattab). Arabic: Tanzil / Uthmani text.