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19 Surah Ghashiyah, Chapter 88 (The Overwhelming Event) Number of Verses: 26 Contents of Surah Ghashiyah بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful This Surah is one of the Meccan Surahs which contains mainly the following three themes: The first subject is the 'Resurrection' and the contrast between the destinies of the Good and the Evil in the 'Hereafter'.

The second subject is 'Monotheism' with reference to the creation of the sky, the earth, and the mountains. Man should consider these wonderful matters as admonishments. The third subject is ‘Prophecy' and some of the duties that the holy Prophet (S) was required to perform. On the whole, the Surah strengthens the idea for the basis of religion and faith, as well as all Meccan Surahs do.

The Virtue in Studying This Surah As for the virtue of studying this Surah, there is a tradition from the holy Prophet (S) that says: “He who recites this Surah will be reckoned with an easy Reckoning by Allah.” [^1] And another narration from Imam Sadiq (as) says: "He who continues reciting this Surah in his obligatory or voluntary prayers, Allah will put him in His Grace both in this world and the Next, and will keep him safe from fire in the Hereafter.” ^2 Certainly it will be so, if the person would only think about the Surah and act accordingly.

Surah Ghashiya, Verses 1-7 بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ عَامِلَةٌ نَاصِبَةٌ تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيعٍ لَا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِنْ جُوعٍ 1. "Has the story reached thee, of Ghashiyah (the Overwhelming Event that covers all)?" 2. "Some faces, that Day, will be down cast;" 3. "Labouring (hard), weary,” 4.

“Entering into Blazing Fire,” 5. "They will be given to drink from a boiling hot spring,” 6. "No food will there be for them but of Dari (a bitter and thorny plant loathsome in smell)." 7.

"Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger." They Are Weary, But With No Gain In the first verse of this Surah we are introduced to another name for the Hereafter; Ghashiyah: "Has the story reached thee, of Ghashiyah (the Overwhelming Event that covers all)?" The term 'Ghashiyah' is based on /qiŝawat/ 'to cover'.

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