Surah Al-Ghaashiya 88
سُورَةُ الغَاشِيَةِ“The Overwhelming”26 Ayat
هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Working [hard] and exhausted.
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
With their effort [they are] satisfied
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
In an elevated garden,
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةً
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Within it is a flowing spring.
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Within it are couches raised high
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
And cups put in place
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
And cushions lined up
وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
And carpets spread around.
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
And at the sky - how it is raised?
وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
You are not over them a controller.
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ
Indeed, to Us is their return.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
Reciting Surat Al-A'la and Al-Ghashiyah in the Friday Prayer
It has already been mentioned on the authority of An-Nu'man bin Bashir that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite Surat Al-A'la (87) and Al-Ghashiyah in the 'Id and Friday prayers. Imam Malik recorded that Ad-Dahhak bin Qays asked An-Nu'man bin Bashir, "What else did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recite on Friday along with Surat Al-Jumu'ah?" An-Nu'man replied, "Al-Ghashiyah (88)." This narration has been recorded by Abu Dawud, An-Nasa'i, Muslim and Ibn Majah.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — the surah's virtues, naming and revelation context.