Sūrah 88 · Makkah · 26 āyāt

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Al-Ghāshiyah

The Overwhelming Event

الغاشية

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Recited in prayer

Recited with al-Aʿlā at Jumuʿah and the two ʿĪd prayers.

Muslim 878 (ṣaḥīḥ)

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

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

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Working [hard] and exhausted.

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

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They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

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

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Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

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

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With their effort [they are] satisfied

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In an elevated garden,

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Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

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Within it is a flowing spring.

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Within it are raised couches

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And cups put in place

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And cushions lined up

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And carpets spread about.

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

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And the sky - how it is raised?

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And the mountains - how they are erected?

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And the earth - how it is spread out?

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

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You are not over them a controller.

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However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

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Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

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Indeed, to Us is their return.

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Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

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