الغاشية Al-Ghāshiya The Overwhelming |
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Classification | Meccan |
Other names | The Pall, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Enveloper, The Overshadowing Event |
Position | Juzʼ 30 |
No. of verses | 26 |
No. of words | 92 |
No. of letters | 382 |
Arabic text · English translation
Sūrat al-Ghāshiyah (Arabic: الغاشية, “The Overwhelming”, “The Pall”) is the eighty-eighth sura of the Qur'an with 26 ayat. The sura's topics are Paradise, Hell and the miracle of creation of all things by Allah. According to hadith, Muhammed used to recite al-Ghashiya (Sura 88) on the day of Jumu'ah after surah Al-Jumua (Sura 62).