Surah Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) سُورَة الغاشية

Surah Al-Ghashiyah is the 88th chapter of the Quran, consisting of 26 verses. It describes the overwhelming events of the Day of Judgment, and the consequences for both the disbelievers and the believers. Below are the verses of this Surah.

Surah Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) — سُورَةُ الغاشية

Also known as: Hal Atāka Ḥadīth al-Ghāshiyah (Has the Story of the Overwhelming Come to You)

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ۞

i

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

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ ١ i

88:1

Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]? (1)

لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيعٍ ٦ i

88:6

For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant (6)

لَا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنْ جُوعٍ ٧ i

88:7

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger. (7)

أَفَلَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ ١٧ i

88:17

Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created? (17)

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ ٢١ i

88:21

So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder. (21)

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ ٢٤ i

88:24

Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment. (24)