Surah 88

الغاشية Al-Ghashiyah · The Overwhelming

Verses
26
Revealed
Meccan
Juz
30
Rukus
1
Revelation order
68
Pages
592–592

About Surah Al-Ghashiyah

Surah Al-Ghashiyah (الغاشية, “The Overwhelming”) is chapter 88 of the Quran and contains 26 verses. It is a Meccan surah, revealed 68th of the 114. It appears in juz 30, spans pages 592–592 of the standard mushaf, and is divided into 1 ruku.

Text

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 1

    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ

    Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming?

  2. 2

    وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ

    On that day (many) faces will be downcast,

  3. 3

    عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

    Toiling, weary,

  4. 4

    تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

    Scorched by burning fire,

  5. 5

    تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

    Drinking from a boiling spring,

  6. 6

    لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

    No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit

  7. 7

    لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

    Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

  8. 8

    وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

    In that day other faces will be calm,

  9. 9

    لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

    Glad for their effort past,

  10. 10

    فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

    In a high Garden

  11. 11

    لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً

    Where they hear no idle speech,

  12. 12

    فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

    Wherein is a gushing spring,

  13. 13

    فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

    Wherein are couches raised

  14. 14

    وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

    And goblets set at hand

  15. 15

    وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

    And cushions ranged

  16. 16

    وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

    And silken carpets spread.

  17. 17

    أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

    Will they not regard the camels, how they are created?

  18. 18

    وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

    And the heaven, how it is raised?

  19. 19

    وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

    And the hills, how they are set up?

  20. 20

    وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

    And the earth, how it is spread?

  21. 21

    فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

    Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

  22. 22

    لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

    Thou art not at all a warder over them.

  23. 23

    إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

    But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

  24. 24

    فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

    Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

  25. 25

    إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

    Lo! unto Us is their return

  26. 26

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

    And Ours their reckoning.

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Common questions

How many verses are in Surah Al-Ghashiyah?

Surah Al-Ghashiyah has 26 verses.

Is Surah Al-Ghashiyah Meccan or Medinan?

Surah Al-Ghashiyah is a Meccan surah, revealed in Makkah.

What number is Surah Al-Ghashiyah in the Quran?

It is chapter 88 of 114, and the 68th surah in the order of revelation.

Which juz is Surah Al-Ghashiyah in?

It appears in juz 30, on pages 592–592 of the standard mushaf.

How many pages is Surah Al-Ghashiyah?

It fits on a single page of the standard 604-page Madinah mushaf, page 592.

Which para is Surah Al-Ghashiyah in?

Para 30. Para is the name used in South Asia for a juz, one of the 30 equal parts of the Quran.

How many words and letters are in Surah Al-Ghashiyah?

92 words and 380 letters, counted from the Uthmani text: a word is a space-separated group, and a letter is a base Arabic letter without its vowel marks. Counts made another way differ slightly. Counts for every surah

How many rukus are in Surah Al-Ghashiyah?

One: the whole surah is a single ruku, the section marked with the letter ‘ayn (ع) in the margin of many printings. Rukus in every surah and para

How long does it take to recite Surah Al-Ghashiyah?

About 4 minutes at Mahmoud Khalil al-Husary's measured pace. The recordings timed on this site take from 2 minutes (Abdurrahman As-Sudais) to 5 minutes (Abdul Basit Abdus Samad). Every surah, timed