Understand with ease.

SURAH AL-GHAASHIYAH (The Overwhelming)

Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem

Hal ataaka hadeesul ghaashiyah

Wujoohuny yawma 'izin khaashi'ah

'Aamilatun naasibah

Taslaa naaran haamiyah

Tusqaa min 'aynin aaniyah

Laisa lahum ta'aamun illaa min daree'

Laa yusminu wa laa yughnee min joo'

Wujoohuny yawma 'izin naa'imah

Lisa'yihaa raadiyah

Fee jannatin 'aaliyah

Laa tasma'u feehaa laaghiyah

Feehaa 'aynun jaariyah

Feehaa sururum marfoo'ah

Wa akwaabum mawzoo'ah

Wa namaariqu masfoofah

Wa zaraabiyyu mabsoosah

Afalaa yanzuroona ilalibili kaifa khuliqat

Wa ilas samaaa'i kaifa rufi'at

Wa ilal jibaali kaifa nusibat

Wa ilal ardi kaifa sutihat

Fazakkir innama anta Muzakkir

Lasta 'alaihim bimusaitir

Illaa man tawallaa wa kafar

Fa yu'azzibuhul laahul 'azaabal akbar

Innaa ilainaaa iyaabahum

Summa inna 'alainaa hisaabahum

Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?

Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,

Labouring (hard), weary,

The while they enter the Blazing Fire,

The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,

No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'

Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.

(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,

Pleased with their striving,

In a Garden on high,

Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:

Therein will be a bubbling spring:

Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,

Goblets placed (ready),

And cushions set in rows,

And rich carpets (all) spread out.

Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?

And at the Sky, how it is raised high?

And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?

And at the Earth, how it is spread out?

Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.

Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.

But if any turn away and reject Allah,

Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,

For to Us will be their return;

Then it will be for Us to call them to account.

This surah was revealed in Makkah. It takes its tittle from the word al-Ghaasiyah, which occurs in the first verse. This Surah consists of twenty-six verses and maybe divided into four section for clear explanation.

The Surah Begins with a Question, concerning The Day Of Judgement, which is here called al-Ghaasiyah, the overwhelming catastrophe, which will overwhelm all creatures. It offers a glimpse of The Day Of Judgement which will overwhelm people so that they would feel surrounded by a catastrophe from which they cannot escape. This Day will be extremely hard day for the rejectors of the Truth.

The faces of disbelievers on that Day will be gloomy and humble, weary and labouring.They will be cast into the burning Fire of Jahannam, where they wiull drin k only boiling water and eat only Dharee. Dharee is said to be bitter, throny plant in it's dried state, which will give them neither strength nor will if avail them against hunger. [Verse 1 to 7]

The Surah then goes on to mention the situation of the righteous believers who will be pleased with their good actions. Pleasure will be noticeable on their faces, and they will be secure in their dwellings in Jannah where they will be in total happiness. [Verse 8 to 16]

The Surah then draws our attention to some of Allah's wonderful creations. It calls us to reflect on the wonderful creation of the camels, the amazing heaven over us and how it is raised in such magnificence, the mountains and how they are firmly affixed so the earth does not sway with its dwellers and the earth and how it is spread out, extended and made smooth for us. [Verse 17 to 20]

Finally, the Surah ends with Allah's Command to the Prophet SAWW to remind people of this Day and of their Ultimate Return to Allah.

Man is by nature forgetful. By habit and preoccupation, he is caught up in the concern of the world which makes miserly and unjust. One form of purification is the performance of the five daily prayers which break the preoccupation of the day and help orient us towards the message of the Qur'an. Another forn of reminder is the regular recitation of the Qur'an. [Verse 21 to 26]