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 Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ ١ i

88:1

Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)? (1)

لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيعٍ ٦ i

88:6

No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari' (6)

لَا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنْ جُوعٍ ٧ i

88:7

Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. (7)

أَفَلَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ ١٧ i

88:17

Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?- (17)

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ ١٩ i

88:19

And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?- (19)

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ ٢١ i

88:21

Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish. (21)

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ ٢٤ i

88:24

Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment, (24)

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ ٢٦ i

88:26

Then it will be for Us to call them to account. (26)