Surah Al-Ghashiyah for Kids

Surah Al-Ghashiyah full text with English translation

Uthmani Arabic text with the Sahih International English translation under each ayah.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ

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

2. 2

   وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ

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

3. 3

   عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ

   Working [hard] and exhausted.

4. 4

   تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ

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

5. 5

   تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ

   They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

6. 6

   لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ

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

7. 7

   لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ

   Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

8. 8

   وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ

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

9. 9

   لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ

   With their effort [they are] satisfied

10. 10

    فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ

    In an elevated garden,

11. 11

    لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةًۭ

    Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

12. 12

    فِيهَا عَيْنٌۭ جَارِيَةٌۭ

    Within it is a flowing spring.

13. 13

    فِيهَا سُرُرٌۭ مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ

    Within it are couches raised high

14. 14

    وَأَكْوَابٌۭ مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ

    And cups put in place

15. 15

    وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ

    And cushions lined up

16. 16

    وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

    And carpets spread around.

17. 17

    أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

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

18. 18

    وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

    And at the sky - how it is raised?

19. 19

    وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

    And at the mountains - how they are erected?

20. 20

    وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

    And at the earth - how it is spread out?

21. 21

    فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌۭ

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

22. 22

    لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

    You are not over them a controller.

23. 23

    إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

    However, he who turns away and disbelieves

24. 24

    فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ

    Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

25. 25

    إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

    Indeed, to Us is their return.

26. 26

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

    Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

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Every word of the surah with its pronunciation and English meaning, in reading order.

How to memorize Surah Al-Ghashiyah

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3. Learn it in parts: with 26 ayat, split it into 6 parts of 5 ayat and only move on when the current part is solid.
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5. Puzzles: put the words of each ayah back in order to check the memorization, then review it tomorrow before starting the next surah.

Surah Al-Ghashiyah facts

Surah number

88

Ayat

26

Revelation

Makki (Makkah)

Juz

30

In the Mushaf

Page 592

Position in Noor Garden path

28 of 49

Reciter

Mishary Rashid Alafasy

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