How to memorize Surah Al-Ghashiyah

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Surah Al-Ghashiyah: Arabic text, transliteration and translation

1. 88:1

   هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ

   Hal ataaka hadeesul ghaashiyah

   Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺?

2. 88:2

   وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ

   Wujoohuny yawma 'izin khaashi'ah

   On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast

3. 88:3

   عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

   'Aamilatun naasibah

   ˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted

4. 88:4

   تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

   Taslaa naaran haamiyah

   burning in a scorching Fire

5. 88:5

   تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

   Tusqaa min 'aynin aaniyah

   left to drink from a scalding spring.

6. 88:6

   لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

   Laisa lahum ta'aamun illaa min daree'

   They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub

7. 88:7

   لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

   Laa yusminu wa laa yughnee min joo'

   neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.

8. 88:8

   وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

   Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naa'imah

   On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss

9. 88:9

   لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

   Lisa'yihaa raadiyah

   ˹fully˺ pleased with their striving

10. 88:10

    فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

    Fee jannatin 'aaliyah

    in an elevated Garden

11. 88:11

    لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً

    Laa tasma'u feehaa laaghiyah

    where no idle talk will be heard.

12. 88:12

    فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

    Feehaa 'aynun jaariyah

    In it will be a running spring

13. 88:13

    فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

    Feehaa sururum marfoo'ah

    along with thrones raised high

14. 88:14

    وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ

    Wa akwaabum mawdoo 'ah

    and cups set at hand

15. 88:15

    وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

    Wa namaariqu masfoofah

    and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up

16. 88:16

    وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

    Wa zaraabiyyu mabsoosah

    and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out.

17. 88:17

    أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

    Afalaa yanzuroona ilalibili kaifa khuliqat

    Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created;

18. 88:18

    وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

    Wa ilas samaaa'i kaifa rufi'at

    and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺;

19. 88:19

    وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

    Wa ilal jibaali kaifa nusibat

    and the mountains—how they were firmly set up;

20. 88:20

    وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

    Wa ilal ardi kaifa sutihat

    and the earth—how it was levelled out?

21. 88:21

    فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

    Fazakkir innama anta Muzakkir

    So, ˹continue to˺ remind ˹all, O  Prophet˺, for your duty is only to remind.

22. 88:22

    لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

    Lasta 'alaihim bimusaitir

    You are not ˹there˺ to compel them ˹to believe˺.

23. 88:23

    إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

    Illaa man tawallaa wa kafar

    But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief

24. 88:24

    فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

    Fa yu'azzibuhul laahul 'azaabal akbar

    then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment.

25. 88:25

    إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

    Innaa ilainaaa iyaabahum

    Surely to Us is their return

26. 88:26

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

    Summa inna 'alainaa hisaabahum

    then surely with Us is their reckoning.

Sources

• Translation: Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran.
• Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy, via mp3quran.net.
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