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CHAPTER 88 · 26 VERSES

Surah Al-Ghashiyah

Arabic text and English translation

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com · CC BY-ND 4.0. A translation conveys meanings; it does not replace the Arabic Quran.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Has there come to you the news of the Overwhelming?

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Faces on that Day will be shamed.

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

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Laboring and exhausted.

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

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Roasting in a scorching Fire.

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Given to drink from a flaming spring.

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

They will have no food except thorns.

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

That neither nourishes, nor satisfies hunger.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

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Faces on that Day will be joyful.

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

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Satisfied with their endeavor.

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

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In a lofty Garden.

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً

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In it you will hear no nonsense.

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

In it is a flowing spring.

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

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In it are raised beds.

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

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And cups set in place.

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

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And cushions set in rows.

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

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And carpets spread around.

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Do they not look at the camels—how they are created?

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And at the sky—how it is raised?

وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And at the mountains—how they are installed?

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And at the earth—how it is spread out?

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

So remind. You are only a reminder.

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

You have no control over them.

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

But whoever turns away and disbelieves.

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

God will punish him with the greatest punishment.

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

To Us is their return.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Then upon Us rests their reckoning.

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