Surah Al-Ghaashiya word by word
Islam > Quran > Quran_wbw > Surah Al-Ghaashiya word by word
Al-Ghaashiya (الغاشية) word by word, in full: Meccan, revealed in Mecca, 26 verses, 92 words. Each verse is displayed in Arabic with its English translation, then broken down into words, each with its transliteration and meaning.
With 92 words to discover, Surah Al-Ghaashiya becomes accessible even without knowing how to read Arabic: the transliteration guides the pronunciation and the meaning gives the sense. Repeat each word, then read the whole verse again: this is the most effective way to memorize this surah, understand what you recite in prayer and grow your Quranic vocabulary.
Updated on 30 September 2026 at 4:42 AM
📖 1 min read
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Verse 1 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 4 words
▶ Verse word by word
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
▶
هَلْ
hal
Has
▶
أَتَىٰكَ
atāka
(there) come to you
▶
حَدِيثُ
ḥadīthu
(the) news
▶
ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ
l-ghāshiyati
(of) the Overwhelming
Verse 2 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 3 words
▶ Verse word by word
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
▶
وُجُوهٌۭ
wujūhun
Faces
▶
يَوْمَئِذٍ
yawma-idhin
that Day
▶
خَـٰشِعَةٌ
khāshiʿatun
(will be) humbled
Verse 3 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 2 words
▶ Verse word by word
عَامِلَةٌۭ نَّاصِبَةٌۭ
Working [hard] and exhausted.
▶
عَامِلَةٌۭ
ʿāmilatun
Laboring
▶
نَّاصِبَةٌۭ
nāṣibatun
exhausted
Verse 4 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 3 words
▶ Verse word by word
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةًۭ
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
▶
تَصْلَىٰ
taṣlā
They will burn
▶
نَارًا
nāran
(in) a Fire
▶
حَامِيَةًۭ
ḥāmiyatan
intensely hot
Verse 5 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 4 words
▶ Verse word by word
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍۢ
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
▶
تُسْقَىٰ
tus'qā
They will be given to drink
▶
مِنْ
min
from
▶
عَيْنٍ
ʿaynin
a spring
▶
ءَانِيَةٍۢ
āniyatin
boiling
Verse 6 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 6 words
▶ Verse word by word
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
▶
لَّيْسَ
laysa
Not is
▶
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
▶
طَعَامٌ
ṭaʿāmun
food
▶
إِلَّا
illā
except
▶
مِن
min
from
▶
ضَرِيعٍۢ
ḍarīʿin
a bitter thorny plant
Verse 7 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 6 words
▶ Verse word by word
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍۢ
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
▶
لَّا
lā
Not
▶
يُسْمِنُ
yus'minu
it nourishes
▶
وَلَا
walā
and not
▶
يُغْنِى
yugh'nī
it avails
▶
مِن
min
from
▶
جُوعٍۢ
jūʿin
hunger
Verse 8 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 3 words
▶ Verse word by word
وُجُوهٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ نَّاعِمَةٌۭ
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
▶
وُجُوهٌۭ
wujūhun
Faces
▶
يَوْمَئِذٍۢ
yawma-idhin
that Day
▶
نَّاعِمَةٌۭ
nāʿimatun
(will be) joyful
Verse 9 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 2 words
▶ Verse word by word
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌۭ
With their effort [they are] satisfied
▶
لِّسَعْيِهَا
lisaʿyihā
With their effort
▶
رَاضِيَةٌۭ
rāḍiyatun
satisfied
Verse 10 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 3 words
▶ Verse word by word
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ
In an elevated garden,
▶
فِى
fī
In
▶
جَنَّةٍ
jannatin
a garden
▶
عَالِيَةٍۢ
ʿāliyatin
elevated
Verse 11 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 4 words
▶ Verse word by word
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةًۭ
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
▶
لَّا
lā
Not
▶
تَسْمَعُ
tasmaʿu
they will hear
▶
فِيهَا
fīhā
therein
▶
لَـٰغِيَةًۭ
lāghiyatan
vain talk
Verse 12 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 3 words
▶ Verse word by word
فِيهَا عَيْنٌۭ جَارِيَةٌۭ
Within it is a flowing spring.
▶
فِيهَا
fīhā
Therein
▶
عَيْنٌۭ
ʿaynun
(will be) a spring
▶
جَارِيَةٌۭ
jāriyatun
flowing
Verse 13 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 3 words
▶ Verse word by word
فِيهَا سُرُرٌۭ مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ
Within it are couches raised high
▶
فِيهَا
fīhā
Therein
▶
سُرُرٌۭ
sururun
(will be) thrones
▶
مَّرْفُوعَةٌۭ
marfūʿatun
raised high
Verse 14 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 2 words
▶ Verse word by word
وَأَكْوَابٌۭ مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ
And cups put in place
▶
وَأَكْوَابٌۭ
wa-akwābun
And cups
▶
مَّوْضُوعَةٌۭ
mawḍūʿatun
put in place
Verse 15 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 2 words
▶ Verse word by word
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ
And cushions lined up
▶
وَنَمَارِقُ
wanamāriqu
And cushions
▶
مَصْفُوفَةٌۭ
maṣfūfatun
lined up
Verse 16 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 2 words
▶ Verse word by word
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
And carpets spread around.
▶
وَزَرَابِىُّ
wazarābiyyu
And carpets
▶
مَبْثُوثَةٌ
mabthūthatun
spread out
Verse 17 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 6 words
▶ Verse word by word
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
▶
أَفَلَا
afalā
Then do not
▶
يَنظُرُونَ
yanẓurūna
they look
▶
إِلَى
ilā
towards
▶
ٱلْإِبِلِ
l-ibili
the camels
▶
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
▶
خُلِقَتْ
khuliqat
they are created
Verse 18 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 4 words
▶ Verse word by word
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And at the sky - how it is raised?
▶
وَإِلَى
wa-ilā
And towards
▶
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the sky
▶
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
▶
رُفِعَتْ
rufiʿat
it is raised
Verse 19 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 4 words
▶ Verse word by word
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
▶
وَإِلَى
wa-ilā
And towards
▶
ٱلْجِبَالِ
l-jibāli
the mountains
▶
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
▶
نُصِبَتْ
nuṣibat
they are fixed
Verse 20 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 4 words
▶ Verse word by word
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
▶
وَإِلَى
wa-ilā
And towards
▶
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
▶
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
▶
سُطِحَتْ
suṭiḥat
it is spread out
Verse 21 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 4 words
▶ Verse word by word
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌۭ
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
▶
فَذَكِّرْ
fadhakkir
So remind
▶
إِنَّمَآ
innamā
only
▶
أَنتَ
anta
you
▶
مُذَكِّرٌۭ
mudhakkirun
(are) a reminder
Verse 22 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 3 words
▶ Verse word by word
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
You are not over them a controller.
▶
لَّسْتَ
lasta
You are not
▶
عَلَيْهِم
ʿalayhim
over them
▶
بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
bimuṣayṭirin
a controller
Verse 23 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 4 words
▶ Verse word by word
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
▶
إِلَّا
illā
But
▶
مَن
man
whoever
▶
تَوَلَّىٰ
tawallā
turns away
▶
وَكَفَرَ
wakafara
and disbelieves
Verse 24 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 4 words
▶ Verse word by word
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
▶
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ
fayuʿadhibuhu
Then will punish him
▶
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
▶
ٱلْعَذَابَ
l-ʿadhāba
(with) the punishment
▶
ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
l-akbara
greatest
Verse 25 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 3 words
▶ Verse word by word
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Indeed, to Us is their return.
▶
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
▶
إِلَيْنَآ
ilaynā
to Us
▶
إِيَابَهُمْ
iyābahum
(will be) their return
Verse 26 - Surah Al-Ghaashiya: 4 words
▶ Verse word by word
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
▶
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
▶
إِنَّ
inna
indeed
▶
عَلَيْنَا
ʿalaynā
upon Us
▶
حِسَابَهُم
ḥisābahum
(is) their account
See also
All surahs word by word