Surah Al-Ghashiyah — Word by Word
الغاشية
The Overwhelming
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
hal atāka ḥadīthu l-ghāshiyati
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
wujūhun yawma-idhin khāshiʿatun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
ʿāmilatun nāṣibatun
Working [hard] and exhausted.
taṣlā nāran ḥāmiyatan
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
tus'qā min ʿaynin āniyatin
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
laysa lahum ṭaʿāmun illā min ḍarīʿin
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
lā yus'minu walā yugh'nī min jūʿin
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
wujūhun yawma-idhin nāʿimatun
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
lisaʿyihā rāḍiyatun
With their effort [they are] satisfied
fī jannatin ʿāliyatin
In an elevated garden,
lā tasmaʿu fīhā lāghiyatan
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
fīhā ʿaynun jāriyatun
Within it is a flowing spring.
fīhā sururun marfūʿatun
Within it are couches raised high
wa-akwābun mawḍūʿatun
And cups put in place
wanamāriqu maṣfūfatun
And cushions lined up
wazarābiyyu mabthūthatun
And carpets spread around.
afalā yanẓurūna ilā l-ibili kayfa khuliqat
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
wa-ilā l-samāi kayfa rufiʿat
And at the sky - how it is raised?
wa-ilā l-jibāli kayfa nuṣibat
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
wa-ilā l-arḍi kayfa suṭiḥat
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
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