Surah Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) 88

Revealed 68th in the Qur'an

Read the Full Text with References to the Torah and the Gospel

88:1
Has the story of the Overwhelming [event] come to you?

88:2
[Some] faces will be humbled that Day,

88:3
Working [hard] and exhausted.

88:4
They will burn in an intensely hot Fire.

88:5
They will be given a drink from a boiling spring.

88:6
There will be no food for them except from a poisonous, thorny plant

88:7
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

88:8
[Other] faces will show pleasure that Day.

88:9
[They are] satisfied with their effort

88:10
In an elevated Garden,

88:11
They will hear no vain talk therein.

88:12
Within it is a flowing spring. *Book of Enoch 48:1

88:13
Within it are couches raised high

88:14
And cups put in place

88:15
And cushions lined up

88:16
And carpets spread around.

88:17
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

88:18
And at the heaven - how it is raised?

88:19
And at the mountains - how they are fixed?

88:20
And at the earth - how it is spread out?

88:21
So remind, you are only a reminder.

88:22
You are not a controller over them.

88:23
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -

88:24
Then God will punish him with the greatest punishment.

88:25
Indeed, their return is to Us.

88:26
Then indeed, their account is upon Us.