Surah 88
الغاشية
Al-Ghashiyah
The Overwhelming
Surah
Which was revealed in Makkah Reciting Surat Al-A`la and Al-Ghashiyah in the Friday Prayer It has already been mentioned on the authority of An-Nu`man bin Bashir that the Messenger of Allah used to recite Surat Al-A`la (87) and Al-Ghashiyah.
Classical references: Ibn Kathir (Abridged).
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged) (88:1).
Last reviewed: 2026-04-10.
This is a short orientation note and does not replace full tafsir.
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Working [hard] and exhausted.1
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
With their effort [they are] satisfied
In an elevated garden,
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.1
Within it is a flowing spring.
Within it are couches raised high
And cups put in place
And cushions lined up
And carpets spread around.
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
And at the sky - how it is raised?
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.
You are not over them a controller.
However, he who turns away and disbelieves
Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.