The Qur'an · Pickthall Translation

88. Al-Ghashiyah

Pickthall translation · 26 verses

Surah Al-Ghashiyah (88) of the Holy Qur'an, in the respected public domain Pickthall translation. It opens: “Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming” — the complete text of all 26 verses is below, free to read online, no account needed.

1Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming

2On that day (many) faces will be downcast

3Toiling, weary

4Scorched by burning fire

5Drinking from a boiling spring

6No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit

7Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger

8In that day other faces will be calm

9Glad for their effort past

10In a high Garden

11Where they hear no idle speech

12Wherein is a gushing spring

13Wherein are couches raised

14And goblets set at hand

15And cushions ranged

16And silken carpets spread

17Will they not regard the camels, how they are created

18And the heaven, how it is raised

19And the hills, how they are set up

20And the earth, how it is spread

21Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer

22Thou art not at all a warder over them

23But whoso is averse and disbelieveth

24Allah will punish him with direst punishment

25Lo! unto Us is their return

26And Ours their reckoning

26 verses · Pickthall translation (public domain)

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