Surah Al-Ghashiyah is the 88th surah of the Holy Quran and was revealed during the early stages of Islam in Makkah. This when the Prophet SAW started preaching to everyone in public, but they would ignore him and not pay heed. Like most Meccan surahs, the main theme is around belief in one God and the hereafter. It describes two groups of people and their conditions in the next world.
Surah Qadr – Meaning, Benefits and Hadith
Translation of Surah Ghashiyah
- Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺?
- On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast,
- ˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted,
- burning in a scorching Fire,
- left to drink from a scalding spring.
- They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub,
- neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.
- On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss,
- ˹fully˺ pleased with their striving,
- in an elevated Garden,
- where no idle talk will be heard.
- In it will be a running spring,
- along with thrones raised high,
- and cups set at hand,
- and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up,
- and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out.
- Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created
- and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺
- and the mountains—how they were firmly set up
- and the earth—how it was levelled out?
- So, ˹continue to˺ remind ˹all, O Prophet˺, for your duty is only to remind.
- You are not ˹there˺ to compel them ˹to believe˺.
- But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief,
- then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment.
- Surely to Us is their return,
- then surely with Us is their reckoning.
Surah Alaq – Benefits, Translation & Transliteration
Transliteration of Surah Al-Ghashiyah
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
- Hal ataaka hadeesul ghaashiyah
- Wujoohuny yawma ‘izin khaashi’ah
- ‘Aamilatun naasibah
- Taslaa naaran haamiyah
- Tusqaa min ‘aynin aaniyah
- Laisa lahum ta’aamun illaa min daree’
- Laa yusminu wa laa yughnee min joo’
- Wujoohuny yawma ‘izin naa’imah
- Lisa’yihaa raadiyah
- Fee jannatin ‘aaliyah
- Laa tasma’u feehaa laaghiyah
- Feehaa ‘aynun jaariyah
- Feehaa sururum marfoo’ah
- Wa akwaabum mawzoo’ah
- Wa namaariqu masfoofah
- Wa zaraabiyyu mabsoosah
- Afalaa yanzuroona ilalibili kaifa khuliqat
- Wa ilas samaaa’i kaifa rufi’at
- Wa ilal jibaali kaifa nusibat
- Wa ilal ardi kaifa sutihat
- Fazakkir innama anta Muzakkir
- Lasta ‘alaihim bimusaitir
- Illaa man tawallaa wa kafar
- Fa yu’azzibuhul laahul ‘azaabal akbar
- Innaa ilainaaa iyaabahum
- Summa inna ‘alainaa hisaabahum
Hadith on Surah Al-Ghashiyah
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas RA: That the Prophet SAW used to recite in the ‘Eid prayer ‘Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High.’ [Al-A’la (87)] and ‘Has there come to you the narration of the overwhelming?’ [Al-Ghashiyah (88)]
Sunan Ibn Majah
It is narrated on the authority of Jabir RA: That the Messenger of Allah SAW said: I have been commanded that I should fight against people till they declare that there is no god but Allah, and when they profess it that there is no god but Allah, their blood and riches are guaranteed protection on my behalf except where it is justified by law, and their affairs rest with Allah, and then he (the Holy Prophet) recited (this verse of the Holy Qur’an):
لست عليهم بمصيطر
You are not a warden over them. (88:22)
Sahih Muslim
