Chapter 88
Surah Al-Ghāshiyah - سورة الغاشية
(The Overwhelming)

Noble Qur'an Table of Content

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

88:1

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Transliteration

Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyat

Sahih International

Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

Pickthall

Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming?

Yusuf Ali

Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?

88:2

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Transliteration

Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAa

Sahih International

[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

Pickthall

On that day (many) faces will be downcast,

Yusuf Ali

Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,

88:3

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Transliteration

AAamilatun nasiba

Sahih International

Working [hard] and exhausted.

Pickthall

Toiling, weary,

Yusuf Ali

Labouring (hard), weary,-

88:4

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Transliteration

Tasla naran hamiya

Sahih International

They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

Pickthall

Scorched by burning fire,

Yusuf Ali

The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-

88:5

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Transliteration

Tusqa min AAaynin aniya

Sahih International

They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

Pickthall

Drinking from a boiling spring,

Yusuf Ali

The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,

88:6

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Transliteration

Laysa lahum taAAamun illamin dareeAA

Sahih International

For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

Pickthall

No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit

Yusuf Ali

No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'

88:7

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Transliteration

La yusminu wala yughnee minjooAA

Sahih International

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

Pickthall

Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

Yusuf Ali

Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.

88:8

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Transliteration

Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAima

Sahih International

[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

Pickthall

In that day other faces will be calm,

Yusuf Ali

(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,

88:9

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Transliteration

LisaAAyiha radiya

Sahih International

With their effort [they are] satisfied

Pickthall

Glad for their effort past,

Yusuf Ali

Pleased with their striving,-

88:10

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Transliteration

Fee jannatin AAaliya

Sahih International

In an elevated garden,

Pickthall

In a high Garden

Yusuf Ali

In a Garden on high,

88:11

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Transliteration

La tasmaAAu feeha laghiya

Sahih International

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

Pickthall

Where they hear no idle speech,

Yusuf Ali

Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:

88:12

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Transliteration

Feeha AAaynun jariya

Sahih International

Within it is a flowing spring.

Pickthall

Wherein is a gushing spring,

Yusuf Ali

Therein will be a bubbling spring:

88:13

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Transliteration

Feeha sururun marfooAAa

Sahih International

Within it are couches raised high

Pickthall

Wherein are couches raised

Yusuf Ali

Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,

88:14

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Transliteration

Waakwabun mawdooAAa

Sahih International

And cups put in place

Pickthall

And goblets set at hand

Yusuf Ali

Goblets placed (ready),

88:15

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Transliteration

Wanamariqu masfoofa

Sahih International

And cushions lined up

Pickthall

And cushions ranged

Yusuf Ali

And cushions set in rows,

88:16

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Transliteration

Wazarabiyyu mabthootha

Sahih International

And carpets spread around.

Pickthall

And silken carpets spread.

Yusuf Ali

And rich carpets (all) spread out.

88:17

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Transliteration

Afala yanthuroona ilaal-ibili kayfa khuliqat

Sahih International

Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

Pickthall

Will they not regard the camels, how they are created?

Yusuf Ali

Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?-

88:18

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Transliteration

Wa-ila assama-i kayfarufiAAat

Sahih International

And at the sky - how it is raised?

Pickthall

And the heaven, how it is raised?

Yusuf Ali

And at the Sky, how it is raised high?-

88:19

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Transliteration

Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat

Sahih International

And at the mountains - how they are erected?

Pickthall

And the hills, how they are set up?

Yusuf Ali

And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?-

88:20

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Transliteration

Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat

Sahih International

And at the earth - how it is spread out?

Pickthall

And the earth, how it is spread?

Yusuf Ali

And at the Earth, how it is spread out?

88:21

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Transliteration

Fathakkir innama anta muthakkir

Sahih International

So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.

Pickthall

Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

Yusuf Ali

Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.

88:22

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Transliteration

Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytir

Sahih International

You are not over them a controller.

Pickthall

Thou art not at all a warder over them.

Yusuf Ali

Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.

88:23

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Transliteration

Illa man tawalla wakafar

Sahih International

However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

Pickthall

But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

Yusuf Ali

But if any turn away and reject Allah,-

88:24

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Transliteration

FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathabaal-akbar

Sahih International

Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.

Pickthall

Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

Yusuf Ali

Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,

88:25

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Transliteration

Inna ilayna iyabahum

Sahih International

Indeed, to Us is their return.

Pickthall

Lo! unto Us is their return

Yusuf Ali

For to Us will be their return;

88:26

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Transliteration

Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

Sahih International

Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

Pickthall

And Ours their reckoning.

Yusuf Ali

Then it will be for Us to call them to account.

Al-Qur'an 2:28

"How can you disbelieve in Allah when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned."

Al-Qur'an 3:102

"O ye who believe! Heed Allah as He deserves to be heeded, and die not except in a state of Islam [in submission to Him]."

Al-Qur'an 6:59-60

"And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record. And it is He who takes your souls by night and knows what you have committed by day. Then He revives you therein that a specified term may be fulfilled. Then to Him will be your return; then He will inform you about what you used to do."

Al-Qur'an 7:172

"And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we have testified." [This] - lest you should say on the day of Resurrection, "Indeed, we were of this unaware.""

Al-Qur'an 10:31

"Say, "Who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? Or who controls hearing and sight and who brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and who arranges [every] matter?" They will say, " Allah ," so say, "Then will you not fear Him?" "

Al-Qur'an 10:34-36

"Say, "Are there of your 'partners' any who begins creation and then repeats it?" Say, " Allah begins creation and then repeats it, so how are you deluded?" Say: "Of your 'partners' is there any that can give any guidance towards truth?" Say: "It is Allah Who gives guidance towards truth, is then He Who gives guidance to truth more worthy to be followed, or he who finds not guidance (himself) unless he is guided? Then what is [wrong] with you - how do you judge?" And most of them follow not except assumption. Indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all. Indeed, Allah is Knowing of what they do."

Al-Qur'an 10:45

"And on the Day when He will gather them, [it will be] as if they had not remained [in the world] but an hour of the day, [and] they will know each other. Those will have lost who denied the meeting with Allah and were not guided"

Al-Qur'an 15:21-25

"And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known measure. And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers. And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor. And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come]. And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing."

Al-Qur'an 16:61

"And if Allah were to impose blame on the people for their wrongdoing, He would not have left upon the earth any creature, but He defers them for a specified term. And when their term has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it]."

Al-Qur'an 19:66-67

“And man says, ‘When I have died, am I going to be brought forth alive?’ Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?”

Al-Qur'an 23:12-16

"And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay. Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging. Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah , the best of creators. Then indeed, after that you are to die. Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, will be resurrected.”

Al-Qur'an 23:32

"And We sent among them a messenger from themselves, [saying], "Worship Allah ; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?""

Al-Qur'an 23:73-77

"And indeed, you invite them to a straight path. But indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter are deviating from the path. And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction, they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly. And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]. Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair."

Al-Qur'an 23:78-85

"And it is He who produced for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful. And it is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered. And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason? Rather, they say like what the former peoples said. They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected? We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples." Say, [O Muhammad], "To whom belongs the earth and whoever is in it, if you should know?" They will say, "To Allah ." Say, "Then will you not remember?"

Al-Qur'an 23:86-92

"Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Great Throne?" They will say, "[They belong] to Allah ." Say, "Then will you not fear Him?" Say, "In whose hand is the realm of all things - and He protects while none can protect against Him - if you should know?" They will say, "[All belongs] to Allah ." Say, "Then how are you deluded?" Rather, We have brought them the truth, and indeed they are liars. Allah has not taken any son, nor has there ever been with Him any deity. [If there had been], then each deity would have taken what it created, and some of them would have sought to overcome others. Exalted is Allah above what they describe [concerning Him]. [He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, so high is He above what they associate [with Him]."

Al-Qur'an 23:99-103

"[For such is the state of the disbelievers], until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back. That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind." No! It is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected. So when the Horn is blown, no relationship will there be among them that Day, nor will they ask about one another. And those whose scales are heavy [with good deeds] - it is they who are the successful.But those whose scales are light - those are the ones who have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally."

Al-Qur'an 23:112-116

"[ Allah ] will say, "How long did you remain on earth in number of years?" They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate." He will say, "You stayed not but a little - if only you had known. Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?" So exalted is Allah , the Sovereign, the Truth; there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Noble Throne."

Al-Qur'an 40:57

“The creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the creation of mankind, but most of the people do not know.”

Al-Qur'an 40:67-68

"It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity, then [further] that you become elders. And among you is he who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified term; and perhaps you will use reason. He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is."

Al-Qur'an 41:39

“And among His Signs, that you see the earth barren, but when We send down water (rain) to it, it is stirred to life and growth (of vegetations). Verily, He Who gives it life, surely is Able to give life to the dead (on the Day of Resurrection). Indeed He is Able to do all things.”

Al-Qur'an 44:38

“And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play."

Al-Qur'an 51:56

"And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me."

Al-Qur'an 52:35-37

"Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]? Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain. Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?"

Al-Qur'an 82:6-7

"O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous, Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?"

Al-Qur'an 88:17-22

"Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created? And at the sky - how it is raised? And at the mountains - how they are erected? And at the earth - how it is spread out? So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder. You are not over them a controller."

Al-Qur'an 112:1–4

"Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him."

Narrated Abu Huraira: Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said,

(Al-Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 93, Number 479)

Chapter 88 Surah Al-Ghāshiyah - سورة الغاشية (The Overwhelming)

Al-Qur'an 2:28

Al-Qur'an 3:102

Al-Qur'an 6:59-60

Al-Qur'an 7:172

Al-Qur'an 10:31

Al-Qur'an 10:34-36

Al-Qur'an 10:45

Al-Qur'an 15:21-25

Al-Qur'an 16:61

Al-Qur'an 19:66-67

Al-Qur'an 23:12-16

Al-Qur'an 23:32

Al-Qur'an 23:73-77

Al-Qur'an 23:78-85

Al-Qur'an 23:86-92

Al-Qur'an 23:99-103

Al-Qur'an 23:112-116

Al-Qur'an 40:57

Al-Qur'an 40:67-68

Al-Qur'an 41:39

Al-Qur'an 44:38

Al-Qur'an 51:56

Al-Qur'an 52:35-37

Al-Qur'an 82:6-7

Al-Qur'an 88:17-22

Al-Qur'an 112:1–4

Narrated Abu Huraira: Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said,

Chapter 88
Surah Al-Ghāshiyah - سورة الغاشية
(The Overwhelming)