Has there come to you the narration of the overwhelming (i.e. the Day of Resurrection);
Meaning:-
Overwhelming: difficult to fight against, forceful, uncontrollable,
Category: Al-Ghashiyah
Chapter 88: Surah Al-Ghāshiyah – 26 Verses
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
88:2
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
Meaning:-
humiliate: embarrass, disgrace, shame.
88:3
Working [hard] and exhausted.
88:4
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
88:5
They will be given to drink from a boiling fountain,
88:6
No food will there be for them but a poisonous thorny plant,
Meaning:-
Thorny: having many thorns or thorn bushes.
88:7
which will neither provide nourishment nor satisfy hunger.
Meaning:-
Nourishment: food, sustenance.
88:8
(Other) faces, that Day, will be joyful,
88:9
With their effort [they are] satisfied
88:10
In a high Garden
88:11
Where they shall neither hear harmful speech nor falsehood,
88:12
Therein will be a running fountain,
88:13
Therein they shall be reclining on raised soft couches,
Meaning:-
Reclining: lean or lie back in a relaxed position with the back supported.
88:14
with goblets placed before them;
Meaning:-
Goblet: a drinking glass, wine glass.
88:15
And cushions set in rows,
Meaning:-
Cushions: soft pad (pillow) used to sit, lie, or kneel on, or to lean against.
88:16
And carpets spread around.
88:17
Then do they not look at the camels – how they are created?
88:18
And at the sky – how it is raised?
88:19
The mountains, how they were firmly set?
88:20
And at the earth – how it is spread out?
88:21
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
88:22
You are not over them a controller.
88:23
As for those who turn their backs and disbelieve,
88:24
Allah will punish them with the mighty punishment.
88:25
Surely to Us is their return,
88:26
then surely it is for Us to take their account.