الغاشية

88 - The Overwhelming (Al-Ghaasheyah)

Order of Revelation: 68

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration:

Bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi

Word by Word:

In (the) name (of) Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Translations:

In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace.

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

In the name of Allah , the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

Transliteration:

Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyati

Word by Word:

Has (there) come to you (the) news (of) the Overwhelming?

Translations:

HAS THERE COME unto thee the tiding of the Overshadowing Event?'

Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?

Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming?

Has there come to thee the news of the Overwhelming Event?

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

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

Transliteration:

Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAatun

Word by Word:

Faces that Day (will be) humbled,

Translations:

Some faces will on that Day be downcast,

Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,

On that day (many) faces will be downcast,

Faces on that day will be downcast,

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

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ

Transliteration:

AAamilatun nasibatun

Word by Word:

Laboring, exhausted.

Translations:

toiling [under burdens of sin], worn out [by fear],

Labouring (hard), weary,-

Toiling, weary,

Labouring, toiling,

Working [hard] and exhausted.

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

Transliteration:

Tasla naran hamiyatan

Word by Word:

They will burn (in) a Fire intensely hot.

Translations:

about to enter a glowing fire,

The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-

Scorched by burning fire,

Entering burning Fire,

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

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

Transliteration:

Tusqa min AAaynin aniyatin

Word by Word:

They will be given to drink from a spring, boiling.

Translations:

given to drink from a boiling spring.

The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,

Drinking from a boiling spring,

Made to drink from a boiling spring.

They will be given drink from a boiling spring.