Al-Ghashiyah

Basmala, before verse 1: بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. Verse 1:

   هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ1

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

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2. Verse 2:

   وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ2

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

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3. Verse 3:

   عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ3

   Working [hard] and exhausted.^{note 1910}

   Notes, Verse 3

   [1910] Another accepted meaning is "They were working hard and exhausted," i.e., doing deeds during worldly life which did not benefit them since they were not accompanied by faith or done for the acceptance of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) .

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4. Verse 4:

   تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً4

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

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5. Verse 5:

   تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ5

   They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

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6. Verse 6:

   لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ6

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

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7. Verse 7:

   لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ7

   Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

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8. Verse 8:

   وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ8

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

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9. Verse 9:

   لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ9

   With their effort [they are] satisfied

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10. Verse 10:

    فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ10

    In an elevated garden,

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11. Verse 11:

    لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً11

    Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.^{note 1911}

    Notes, Verse 11

    [1911] i.e., any insult, falsehood, immorality, idle or vain talk, etc.

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12. Verse 12:

    فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ12

    Within it is a flowing spring.

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13. Verse 13:

    فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ13

    Within it are couches raised high

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14. Verse 14:

    وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ14

    And cups put in place

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15. Verse 15:

    وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ15

    And cushions lined up

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16. Verse 16:

    وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ16

    And carpets spread around.

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17. Verse 17:

    أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ17

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

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18. Verse 18:

    وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ18

    And at the sky - how it is raised?

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19. Verse 19:

    وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ19

    And at the mountains - how they are erected?

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20. Verse 20:

    وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ20

    And at the earth - how it is spread out?

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21. Verse 21:

    فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ21

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

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22. Verse 22:

    لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ22

    You are not over them a controller.

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23. Verse 23:

    إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ23

    However, he who turns away and disbelieves –

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24. Verse 24:

    فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ24

    Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

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25. Verse 25:

    إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ25

    Indeed, to Us is their return.

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26. Verse 26:

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم26

    Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

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