هَلْ اَتٰىكَ حَدِیْثُ الْغَاشِیَةِ ۟ؕهَلۡ اَتٰٮكَ حَدِيۡثُ الۡغَاشِيَةِؕ
Have you heard about the Overwhelming Event?
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وُجُوْهٌ یَّوْمَىِٕذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ ۟ۙوُجُوۡهٌ يَّوۡمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
On that Day, there shall be downcast faces,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ ۟ۙعَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
labouring, weary,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
تَصْلٰی نَارًا حَامِیَةً ۟ۙتَصۡلٰى نَارًا حَامِيَةً
they shall enter a burning Fire
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
تُسْقٰی مِنْ عَیْنٍ اٰنِیَةٍ ۟ؕتُسۡقٰى مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ اٰنِيَةٍؕ
and will be made to drink from a boiling spring,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
لَیْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ اِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِیْعٍ ۟ۙلَـيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ اِلَّا مِنۡ ضَرِيۡعٍۙ
they shall have no food but thorns,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
لَّا یُسْمِنُ وَلَا یُغْنِیْ مِنْ جُوْعٍ ۟ؕلَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِىۡ مِنۡ جُوۡعٍؕ
which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وُجُوْهٌ یَّوْمَىِٕذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ ۟ۙوُجُوۡهٌ يَّوۡمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Some faces on that Day will be radiant,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
لِّسَعْیِهَا رَاضِیَةٌ ۟ۙلِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
well pleased with the result of their striving,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فِیْ جَنَّةٍ عَالِیَةٍ ۟ۙفِىۡ جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۙ
in a sublime garden,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِیْهَا لَاغِیَةً ۟ؕلَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيۡهَا لَاغِيَةً
where they will hear no idle talk,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فِیْهَا عَیْنٌ جَارِیَةٌ ۟ۘفِيۡهَا عَيۡنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
with a flowing spring,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فِیْهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوْعَةٌ ۟ۙفِيۡهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرۡفُوۡعَةٌ
raised couches,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَّاَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوْعَةٌ ۟ۙوَّاَكۡوَابٌ مَّوۡضُوۡعَةٌ
and goblets set at hand,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَّنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوْفَةٌ ۟ۙوَّنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوۡفَةٌ
cushions ranged,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَّزَرَابِیُّ مَبْثُوْثَةٌ ۟ؕوَّزَرَابِىُّ مَبۡثُوۡثَةٌ
and carpets spread out.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
اَفَلَا یَنْظُرُوْنَ اِلَی الْاِبِلِ كَیْفَ خُلِقَتْ ۟ۥاَفَلَا يَنۡظُرُوۡنَ اِلَى الۡاِ بِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ
Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
Tafseer of 88:1–17
Man observes that a serviceable animal like the camel is obedient to him. The sky in all its majesty is well disposed towards him. The earth, without any effort on our part, is subservient to our interests. All these phenomena remind a thoughtful man of God and the Hereafter. Those who derive the nourishment of remembrance from these arrangements of the world have established their entitlement to God’s eternal bounties, while those who have remained lost in forgetfulness and neglect, have proved that they deserve to be deprived of every kind of bounty—forever.