| | The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab rendition of Surah The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall(al-Ghashiyah)
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| 88:1 | | Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺? |
| 88:1 | | Has the news of the Overwhelming Event reached you ˹O Prophet˺? |
| 88:2 | | On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast, |
| 88:2 | | On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast, |
| 88:3 | | ˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted, |
| 88:3 | | ˹totally˺ overburdened, exhausted, |
| 88:4 | | burning in a scorching Fire, |
| 88:4 | | burning in a scorching Fire, |
| 88:5 | | left to drink from a scalding spring. |
| 88:5 | | left to drink from a scalding spring. |
| 88:6 | | They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub, |
| 88:6 | | They will have no food except a foul, thorny shrub, |
| 88:7 | | neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger. |
| 88:7 | | neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger. |
| 88:8 | | On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss, |
| 88:8 | | On that Day ˹other˺ faces will be glowing with bliss, |
| 88:9 | | ˹fully˺ pleased with their striving, |
| 88:9 | | ˹fully˺ pleased with their striving, |
| 88:10 | | in an elevated Garden, |
| 88:10 | | in an elevated Garden, |
| 88:11 | | where no idle talk will be heard. |
| 88:11 | | where no idle talk will be heard. |
| 88:12 | | In it will be a running spring, |
| 88:12 | | In it will be a running spring, |
| 88:13 | | along with thrones raised high, |
| 88:13 | | along with thrones raised high, |
| 88:14 | | and cups set at hand, |
| 88:14 | | and cups set at hand, |
| 88:15 | | and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up, |
| 88:15 | | and ˹fine˺ cushions lined up, |
| 88:16 | | and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out. |
| 88:16 | | and ˹splendid˺ carpets spread out. |
| 88:17 | | Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created; |
| 88:17 | | Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created; |
| 88:18 | | and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺; |
| 88:18 | | and the sky—how it was raised ˹high˺; |
| 88:19 | | and the mountains—how they were firmly set up; |
| 88:19 | | and the mountains—how they were firmly set up; |
| 88:20 | | and the earth—how it was levelled out? |
| 88:20 | | and the earth—how it was levelled out? |
| 88:21 | | So, ˹continue to˺ remind ˹all, O Prophet˺, for your duty is only to remind. |
| 88:21 | | So, ˹continue to˺ remind ˹all, O Prophet˺, for your duty is only to remind. |
| 88:22 | | You are not ˹there˺ to compel them ˹to believe˺. |
| 88:22 | | You are not ˹there˺ to compel them ˹to believe˺. |
| 88:23 | | But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief, |
| 88:23 | | But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief, |
| 88:24 | | then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment. |
| 88:24 | | then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment. |
| 88:25 | | Surely to Us is their return, |
| 88:25 | | Surely to Us is their return, |
| 88:26 | | then surely with Us is their reckoning. |
| 88:26 | | then surely with Us is their reckoning. |
