Surah information

Name

سُورَةُ الغَاشِيَةِ

English name

Al-Ghaashiya

Translation

The Overwhelming

Number

88

Ayahs

26

Revelation

Meccan

Translations

بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِیثُ ٱلۡغَـٰشِیَةِ 

HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event?'

2

وُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ 

Some faces will on that Day be downcast,

3

عَامِلَةࣱ نَّاصِبَةࣱ 

toiling [under burdens of sin], worn out [by fear],

4

تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِیَةࣰ 

about to enter a glowing fire,

5

تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَیۡنٍ ءَانِیَةࣲ 

given to drink from a boiling spring.

6

لَّیۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِیعࣲ 

No food for them save the bitterness of dry thorns,

7

لَّا یُسۡمِنُ وَلَا یُغۡنِی مِن جُوعࣲ 

which gives no strength and neither stills hunger.

8

وُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَئِذࣲ نَّاعِمَةࣱ 

[And] some faces will on that Day shine with bliss,

9

لِّسَعۡیِهَا رَاضِیَةࣱ 

well-pleased with [the fruit of] their striving,

10

فِی جَنَّةٍ عَالِیَةࣲ 

in a garden sublime,