Read Surah Al-Ghashiyah (الغاشية), chapter 88 of the Quran and known as The Overwhelming — all 26 verses in Arabic alongside Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, with free MP3 recitation from 12 reciters. Revealed in Makkah.

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  1. بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

    88:1

    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ 1

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

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  2. 88:2

    وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ 2

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

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  3. 88:3

    عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ 3

    Working [hard] and exhausted.

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  4. 88:4

    تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً 4

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

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  5. 88:5

    تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ 5

    They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

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  6. 88:6

    لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ 6

    For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

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  7. 88:7

    لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ 7

    Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

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  8. 88:8

    وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ 8

    [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

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  9. 88:9

    لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ 9

    With their effort [they are] satisfied

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  10. 88:10

    فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ 10

    In an elevated garden,

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  11. 88:11

    لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً 11

    Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

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  12. 88:12

    فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ 12

    Within it is a flowing spring.

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  13. 88:13

    فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ 13

    Within it are couches raised high

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  14. 88:14

    وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ 14

    And cups put in place

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  15. 88:15

    وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ 15

    And cushions lined up

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  16. 88:16

    وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ 16

    And carpets spread around.

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  17. 88:17

    أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ 17

    Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

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  18. 88:18

    وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ 18

    And at the sky - how it is raised?

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  19. 88:19

    وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ 19

    And at the mountains - how they are erected?

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  20. 88:20

    وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ 20

    And at the earth - how it is spread out?

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  21. 88:21

    فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ 21

    So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.

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  22. 88:22

    لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ 22

    You are not over them a controller.

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  23. 88:23

    إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ 23

    However, he who turns away and disbelieves –

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  24. 88:24

    فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ 24

    Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

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  25. 88:25

    إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ 25

    Indeed, to Us is their return.

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  26. 88:26

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم 26

    Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

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