Surah 088

Al-Ghāshiya

الغاشية

26 verses · Meccan

Key structural observations
  • The surah is structured around a reversal of covering: the mask that seems to protect ends in exposure, while sincerity, though costly now, becomes the only dignified veil.
  • Its governing contrast is not simply between believers and rejecters, but between two ways of facing reality: one through managed appearance, the other through truthful uncoveredness before Allah.
  • The surah therefore redefines safety itself: concealment by image collapses, but the one who lives without the mask is the one ultimately covered.
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1

هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ

2

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ

3

عَامِلَةٌ نَاصِبَةٌ

4

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

5

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ

6

لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيعٍ

7

لَا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنْ جُوعٍ

8

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاعِمَةٌ

9

لِسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

10

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

11

لَا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً

12

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

13

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ

14

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ

15

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ

16

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

17

أَفَلَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

18

وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ

19

وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ

20

وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ

21

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

22

لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

23

إِلَّا مَنْ تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

24

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

25

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ

26

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ