Surah 88
The Overwhelming Event
Al-Ghashiya 😔
This surah contrasts the exhausted, downcast faces of those facing punishment with the joyful, radiant faces of the righteous resting in beautiful gardens. The title is taken from the first verse, which asks if the news of the Overwhelming Event of Judgment Day has reached you.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
1Have you heard tell [Prophet] about the Overwhelming Event?
2On that Day, there will be downcast faces,
3Toiling and weary,
4As they enter the blazing Fire
5And are forced to drink from a boiling spring,
6With no food for them except bitter dry thorns
7That neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
8On that Day there will also be faces radiant with bliss,
9Well pleased with their labour,
10In a lofty garden,
11Where they will hear no idle talk,
12With a flowing spring,
13Raised couches,
14Goblets placed before them,
15Cushions set in rows,
16And carpets spread.
17Do the disbelievers not see how rain clouds are formed,
18How the heavens are lifted,
19How the mountains are raised high,
20How the earth is spread out?
21So [Prophet] warn them: your only task is to give warning,
22You are not there to control them.
23As for those who turn away and disbelieve,
24God will inflict the greatest torment upon them.
25It is to Us they will return.
26And then it is for Us to call them to account