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Sūra 88: Gāshiya, or the Overwhelming Event

Section 1 (1-26)

1. Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

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


2. Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun

2. Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,


3. AAamilatun nasibatun

3. Labouring (hard), weary,-


4. Tasla naran hamiyatan

4. The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-


5. Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

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


6. Laysa lahum taAAamun illa min dareeAAin

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


7. La yusminu wala yughnee min jooAAin

7. Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.


8. Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAimatun

8. (Other) faces that Day will be joyful,


9. LisaAAyiha radiyatun

9. Pleased with their striving,-


10. Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

10. In a Garden on high,


11. La tasmaAAu feeha laghiyatan

11. Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:


12. Feeha AAaynun jariyatun

12. Therein will be a bubbling spring:


13. Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

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


14. Waakwabun mawdooAAatun

14. Goblets placed (ready),


15. Wanamariqu masfoofatun

15. And cushions set in rows,


16. Wazarabiyyu mabthoothatun

16. And rich carpets (all) spread out.


17. Afala yanthuroona ila al-ibili kayfa khuliqat

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


18. Wa-ila alssama-i kayfa rufiAAat

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


19. Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat

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


20. Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat

20. And at the Earth, how it is spread out?


21. Fathakkir innama anta muthakkirun

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


22. Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytirin

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


23. Illa man tawalla wakafara

23. But if any turn away and reject Allah,-


24. FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathaba al-akbara

24. Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,


25. Inna ilayna iyabahum

25. For to Us will be their return;


26. Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

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


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