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Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming)

الغاشية

26 ayahs · Meccan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]? 2. [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled, 3. Working [hard] and exhausted. 4. They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire. 5. They will be given drink from a boiling spring. 6. For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant 7. Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. 8. [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. 9. With their effort [they are] satisfied 10. In an elevated garden, 11. Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech. 12. Within it is a flowing spring. 13. Within it are couches raised high 14. And cups put in place 15. And cushions lined up 16. And carpets spread around. 17. Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created? 18. And at the sky - how it is raised? 19. And at the mountains - how they are erected? 20. And at the earth - how it is spread out? 21. So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder. 22. You are not over them a controller. 23. However, he who turns away and disbelieves - 24. Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment. 25. Indeed, to Us is their return. 26. Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

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About Surah Al-Ghashiyah: place, order and how to read it

Surah Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) is chapter 88 of the Quran and has 26 verses, making it a short surah. It was revealed in Mecca, before the migration to Medina, and it is number 68 in the chronological order of revelation. It falls in juz 30. It occupies one page of the mushaf, from page 592 to page 592.

Where it sits in the mushaf

It is preceded by Surah Al-A'la and followed by Surah Al-Fajr. Like every surah except At-Tawbah, it opens with the Basmalah. This surah contains no verse of prostration.

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