88. Al-Ghaashiya — The Overwhelming

Qur'an · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · Revealed at Mecca · 26 sections

88:1
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ
Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati
Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming
88:2
وُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
Wujoohun yawmaithin khashiAAatun
On that day (many) faces will be downcast
88:3
عَامِلَةࣱ نَّاصِبَةࣱ‏
AAamilatun nasibatun
Toiling, weary
88:4
تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةࣰ‏
Tasla naran hamiyatan
Scorched by burning fire
88:5
تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةࣲ‏
Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin
Drinking from a boiling spring
88:6
لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعࣲ‏
Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin
No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit
88:7
لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعࣲ‏
La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger
88:8
وُجُوهࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ نَّاعِمَةࣱ‏
Wujoohun yawmaithin naAAimatun
In that day other faces will be calm
88:9
لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةࣱ‏
LisaAAyiha radiyatun
Glad for their effort past
88:10
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةࣲ‏
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a high Garden
88:11
لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةࣰ‏
La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan
Where they hear no idle speech
88:12
فِيهَا عَيۡنࣱ جَارِيَةࣱ‏
Feeha AAaynun jariyatun
Wherein is a gushing spring
88:13
فِيهَا سُرُرࣱ مَّرۡفُوعَةࣱ‏
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun
Wherein are couches raised
88:14
وَأَكۡوَابࣱ مَّوۡضُوعَةࣱ‏
Waakwabun mawdooAAatun
And goblets set at hand
88:15
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةࣱ‏
Wanamariqu masfoofatun
And cushions ranged
88:16
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ
Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun
And silken carpets spread
88:17
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ
Afala yanthuroona ila alibili kayfa khuliqat
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created
88:18
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ
Waila alssamai kayfa rufiAAat
And the heaven, how it is raised
88:19
وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ
Waila aljibali kayfa nusibat
And the hills, how they are set up
88:20
وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ
Waila alardi kayfa sutihat
And the earth, how it is spread
88:21
فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرࣱ‏
Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer
88:22
لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ
Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin
Thou art not at all a warder over them
88:23
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Illa man tawalla wakafara
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth
88:24
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ
FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba alakbara
Allah will punish him with direst punishment
88:25
إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ
Inna ilayna iyabahum
Lo! unto Us is their return
88:26
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم
Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum
And Ours their reckoning

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