# Surah Al-Ghashiyah (الغَاشِيَة) — The Overwhelming

> **Chapter 88 of the Holy Quran** · **26 Verses** · **Meccan Revelation**

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- **Reciter**: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
- **Script**: Authentic Uthmanic Arabic Script (Hafs 'an 'Asim)
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## Complete Quran Text & English Translation (26 Verses)

### Verse 88:1

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ

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

### Verse 88:2

وُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ

[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled

### Verse 88:3

عَامِلَةࣱ نَّاصِبَةࣱ‏

Working [hard] and exhausted

### Verse 88:4

تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةࣰ‏

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

### Verse 88:5

تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةࣲ‏

They will be given drink from a boiling spring

### Verse 88:6

لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعࣲ‏

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

### Verse 88:7

لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعࣲ‏

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger

### Verse 88:8

وُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ نَّاعِمَةࣱ‏

[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure

### Verse 88:9

لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةࣱ‏

With their effort [they are] satisfied

### Verse 88:10

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةࣲ‏

In an elevated garden

### Verse 88:11

لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةࣰ‏

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech

### Verse 88:12

فِيهَا عَيۡنࣱ جَارِيَةࣱ‏

Within it is a flowing spring

### Verse 88:13

فِيهَا سُرُرࣱ مَّرۡفُوعَةࣱ‏

Within it are couches raised high

### Verse 88:14

وَأَكۡوَابࣱ مَّوۡضُوعَةࣱ‏

And cups put in place

### Verse 88:15

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةࣱ‏

And cushions lined up

### Verse 88:16

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ

And carpets spread around

### Verse 88:17

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ

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

### Verse 88:18

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ

And at the sky - how it is raised

### Verse 88:19

وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ

And at the mountains - how they are erected

### Verse 88:20

وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ

And at the earth - how it is spread out

### Verse 88:21

فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرࣱ‏

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

### Verse 88:22

لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ

You are not over them a controller

### Verse 88:23

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

However, he who turns away and disbelieves

### Verse 88:24

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ

Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment

### Verse 88:25

إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ

Indeed, to Us is their return

### Verse 88:26

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم

Then indeed, upon Us is their account