Surah Al-Ghashiyah for kids

Surah

88

Verses

26

Revealed in

Makkah

Meaning

The Overwhelming Event

1. 1

   هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ

   hal atāka ḥadīthu l-ghāshiyati

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

   Word by word

   • هَلْhalHas
   • أَتَىٰكَatāka(there) come to you
   • حَدِيثُḥadīthu(the) news
   • ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِl-ghāshiyati(of) the Overwhelming
2. 2

   وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ

   wujūhun yawma-idhin khāshiʿatun

   [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

   Word by word

   • وُجُوهٌۭwujūhunFaces
   • يَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinthat Day
   • خَـٰشِعَةٌkhāshiʿatun(will be) humbled
3. 3

   عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

   ʿāmilatun nāṣibatun

   Working [hard] and exhausted.

   Word by word

   • عَامِلَةٌۭʿāmilatunLaboring
   • نَّاصِبَةٌۭnāṣibatunexhausted
4. 4

   تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

   taṣlā nāran ḥāmiyatan

   They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

   Word by word

   • تَصْلَىٰtaṣlāThey will burn
   • نَارًاnāran(in) a Fire
   • حَامِيَةًۭḥāmiyatanintensely hot
5. 5

   تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

   tus'qā min ʿaynin āniyatin

   They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

   Word by word

   • تُسْقَىٰtus'qāThey will be given to drink
   • مِنْminfrom
   • عَيْنٍʿaynina spring
   • ءَانِيَةٍۢāniyatinboiling
6. 6

   لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

   laysa lahum ṭaʿāmun illā min ḍarīʿin

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

   Word by word

   • لَّيْسَlaysaNot is
   • لَهُمْlahumfor them
   • طَعَامٌṭaʿāmunfood
   • إِلَّاillāexcept
   • مِنminfrom
   • ضَرِيعٍۢḍarīʿina bitter thorny plant
7. 7

   لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

   lā yus'minu walā yugh'nī min jūʿin

   Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

   Word by word

   • لَّاlāNot
   • يُسْمِنُyus'minuit nourishes
   • وَلَاwalāand not
   • يُغْنِىyugh'nīit avails
   • مِنminfrom
   • جُوعٍۢjūʿinhunger
8. 8

   وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

   wujūhun yawma-idhin nāʿimatun

   [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

   Word by word

   • وُجُوهٌۭwujūhunFaces
   • يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat Day
   • نَّاعِمَةٌۭnāʿimatun(will be) joyful
9. 9

   لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

   lisaʿyihā rāḍiyatun

   With their effort [they are] satisfied

   Word by word

   • لِّسَعْيِهَاlisaʿyihāWith their effort
   • رَاضِيَةٌۭrāḍiyatunsatisfied
10. 10

    فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

    fī jannatin ʿāliyatin

    In an elevated garden,

    Word by word

    • فِىfīIn
    • جَنَّةٍjannatina garden
    • عَالِيَةٍۢʿāliyatinelevated
11. 11

    لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً

    lā tasmaʿu fīhā lāghiyatan

    Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

    Word by word

    • لَّاlāNot
    • تَسْمَعُtasmaʿuthey will hear
    • فِيهَاfīhātherein
    • لَـٰغِيَةًۭlāghiyatanvain talk
12. 12

    فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

    fīhā ʿaynun jāriyatun

    Within it is a flowing spring.

    Word by word

    • فِيهَاfīhāTherein
    • عَيْنٌۭʿaynun(will be) a spring
    • جَارِيَةٌۭjāriyatunflowing
13. 13

    فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

    fīhā sururun marfūʿatun

    Within it are couches raised high

    Word by word

    • فِيهَاfīhāTherein
    • سُرُرٌۭsururun(will be) thrones
    • مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭmarfūʿatunraised high
14. 14

    وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

    wa-akwābun mawḍūʿatun

    And cups put in place

    Word by word

    • وَأَكْوَابٌۭwa-akwābunAnd cups
    • مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭmawḍūʿatunput in place
15. 15

    وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

    wanamāriqu maṣfūfatun

    And cushions lined up

    Word by word

    • وَنَمَارِقُwanamāriquAnd cushions
    • مَصْفُوفَةٌۭmaṣfūfatunlined up
16. 16

    وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

    wazarābiyyu mabthūthatun

    And carpets spread around.

    Word by word

    • وَزَرَابِىُّwazarābiyyuAnd carpets
    • مَبْثُوثَةٌmabthūthatunspread out
17. 17

    أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

    afalā yanẓurūna ilā l-ibili kayfa khuliqat

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

    Word by word

    • أَفَلَاafalāThen do not
    • يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey look
    • إِلَىilātowards
    • ٱلْإِبِلِl-ibilithe camels
    • كَيْفَkayfahow
    • خُلِقَتْkhuliqatthey are created
18. 18

    وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

    wa-ilā l-samāi kayfa rufiʿat

    And at the sky - how it is raised?

    Word by word

    • وَإِلَىwa-ilāAnd towards
    • ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
    • كَيْفَkayfahow
    • رُفِعَتْrufiʿatit is raised
19. 19

    وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

    wa-ilā l-jibāli kayfa nuṣibat

    And at the mountains - how they are erected?

    Word by word

    • وَإِلَىwa-ilāAnd towards
    • ٱلْجِبَالِl-jibālithe mountains
    • كَيْفَkayfahow
    • نُصِبَتْnuṣibatthey are fixed
20. 20

    وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

    wa-ilā l-arḍi kayfa suṭiḥat

    And at the earth - how it is spread out?

    Word by word

    • وَإِلَىwa-ilāAnd towards
    • ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
    • كَيْفَkayfahow
    • سُطِحَتْsuṭiḥatit is spread out
21. 21

    فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

    fadhakkir innamā anta mudhakkirun

    So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.

    Word by word

    • فَذَكِّرْfadhakkirSo remind
    • إِنَّمَآinnamāonly
    • أَنتَantayou
    • مُذَكِّرٌۭmudhakkirun(are) a reminder
22. 22

    لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

    lasta ʿalayhim bimuṣayṭirin

    You are not over them a controller.

    Word by word

    • لَّسْتَlastaYou are not
    • عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimover them
    • بِمُصَيْطِرٍbimuṣayṭirina controller
23. 23

    إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

    illā man tawallā wakafara

    However, he who turns away and disbelieves –

    Word by word

    • إِلَّاillāBut
    • مَنmanwhoever
    • تَوَلَّىٰtawallāturns away
    • وَكَفَرَwakafaraand disbelieves
24. 24

    فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

    fayuʿadhibuhu l-lahu l-ʿadhāba l-akbara

    Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

    Word by word

    • فَيُعَذِّبُهُfayuʿadhibuhuThen will punish him
    • ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
    • ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhāba(with) the punishment
    • ٱلْأَكْبَرَl-akbaragreatest
25. 25

    إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

    inna ilaynā iyābahum

    Indeed, to Us is their return.

    Word by word

    • إِنَّinnaIndeed
    • إِلَيْنَآilaynāto Us
    • إِيَابَهُمْiyābahum(will be) their return
26. 26

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

    thumma inna ʿalaynā ḥisābahum

    Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

    Word by word

    • ثُمَّthummaThen
    • إِنَّinnaindeed
    • عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon Us
    • حِسَابَهُمḥisābahum(is) their account

Arabic text, transliteration and translation as they appear in the Quran for Kids app. English translation: Saheeh International.