هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ ١
hal atāka ḥadīthu l-ghāshiyati
1. Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
Surah Al-Ghashiyah transliteration
سورة الغاشية
Here is Surah Al-Ghashiyah (“The Overwhelming”) in transliteration: each of its 26 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
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Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ ٢
wujūhun yawma-idhin khāshiʿatun
2. [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ ٣
ʿāmilatun nāṣibatun
3. Working [hard] and exhausted.1910
Notes
[1910] Another accepted meaning is "They were working hard and exhausted," i.e., doing deeds during worldly life which did not benefit them since they were not accompanied by faith or done for the acceptance of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) .
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً ٤
taṣlā nāran ḥāmiyatan
4. They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ ٥
tus'qā min ʿaynin āniyatin
5. They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ ٦
laysa lahum ṭaʿāmun illā min ḍarīʿin
6. For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ ٧
lā yus'minu walā yugh'nī min jūʿin
7. Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ ٨
wujūhun yawma-idhin nāʿimatun
8. [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ٩
lisaʿyihā rāḍiyatun
9. With their effort [they are] satisfied
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ١٠
fī jannatin ʿāliyatin
10. In an elevated garden,
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً ١١
lā tasmaʿu fīhā lāghiyatan
11. Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.1911
Notes
[1911] i.e., any insult, falsehood, immorality, idle or vain talk, etc.
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ ١٢
fīhā ʿaynun jāriyatun
12. Within it is a flowing spring.
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ ١٣
fīhā sururun marfūʿatun
13. Within it are couches raised high
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ ١٤
wa-akwābun mawḍūʿatun
14. And cups put in place
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ ١٥
wanamāriqu maṣfūfatun
15. And cushions lined up
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ ١٦
wazarābiyyu mabthūthatun
16. And carpets spread around.
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ ١٧
afalā yanẓurūna ilā l-ibili kayfa khuliqat
17. Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ ١٨
wa-ilā l-samāi kayfa rufiʿat
18. And at the sky - how it is raised?
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ ١٩
wa-ilā l-jibāli kayfa nuṣibat
19. And at the mountains - how they are erected?
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ ٢٠
wa-ilā l-arḍi kayfa suṭiḥat
20. And at the earth - how it is spread out?
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ ٢١
fadhakkir innamā anta mudhakkirun
21. So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ ٢٢
lasta ʿalayhim bimuṣayṭirin
22. You are not over them a controller.
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ٢٣
illā man tawallā wakafara
23. However, he who turns away and disbelieves –
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ ٢٤
fayuʿadhibuhu l-lahu l-ʿadhāba l-akbara
24. Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ ٢٥
inna ilaynā iyābahum
25. Indeed, to Us is their return.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم ٢٦
thumma inna ʿalaynā ḥisābahum
26. Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
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