SURAH AL-GHASHIYAH (THE OVERWHELMING CALAMITY)
This is a ‘Makki’ surah and it has 26 verses. It is narrated from the Holy Prophet (S) that the one who recites this surah will not face difficulty in the accounting of deeds on the Day of Judgement and Allah (s.w.t) will show Mercy to him and save him from Jahannam.
Reciting this surah near a baby removes fright from him and stops his crying. Imam Ali (a.s.) has said that if this surah is recited over a part of the body which is paining, the pain will go away and if recited over food items, it removes any bad effects of that food.
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
<font color="000000"><b>In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.</b></font>
هَلْ اَتٰٮكَ حَدِيْثُ الْغَاشِيَةِؕ(1)
<font color="000000"><b>(1) Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?</b></font>
وُجُوْهٌ يَّوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ ۙ(2)
<font color="000000"><b>(2) (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,</b></font>
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ ۙ(3)
<font color="000000"><b>(3) Laboring, toiling,</b></font>
تَصْلٰى نَارًا حَامِيَةً ۙ(4)
<font color="000000"><b>(4) Entering into burning fire,</b></font>
تُسْقٰى مِنْ عَيْنٍ اٰنِيَةٍؕ(5)
<font color="000000"><b>(5) Made to drink from a boiling spring.</b></font>
لَيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ اِلَّا مِنْ ضَرِيْعٍۙ(6)
<font color="000000"><b>(6) They shall have no food but of thorns,</b></font>
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِىْ مِنْ جُوْعٍؕ(7)
<font color="000000"><b>(7) Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.</b></font>
وُجُوْهٌ يَّوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ ۙ(8)
<font color="000000"><b>(8) (Other) faces on that day shall be happy,</b></font>
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ۙ(9)
<font color="000000"><b>(9) Well-pleased because of their striving,</b></font>
فِىْ جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۙ(10)
<font color="000000"><b>(10) In a lofty garden,</b></font>
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيْهَا لَاغِيَةً ؕ(11)
<font color="000000"><b>(11) Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.</b></font>
فِيْهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ ۘ(12)
<font color="000000"><b>(12) Therein is a fountain flowing,</b></font>
فِيْهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوْعَةٌ ۙ(13)
<font color="000000"><b>(13) Therein are thrones raised high,</b></font>
وَّاَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوْعَةٌ ۙ(14)
<font color="000000"><b>(14) And drinking-cups ready placed,</b></font>
وَّنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوْفَةٌ ۙ(15)
<font color="000000"><b>(15) And cushions set in a row,</b></font>
وَّزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوْثَةٌ ؕ(16)
<font color="000000"><b>(16) And carpets spread out.</b></font>
اَفَلَا يَنْظُرُوْنَ اِلَى الْاِ بِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ(17)
<font color="000000"><b>(17) Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?</b></font>
وَاِلَى السَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ(18)
<font color="000000"><b>(18) And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,</b></font>
وَاِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ(19)
<font color="000000"><b>(19) And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,</b></font>
وَاِلَى الْاَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ(20)
<font color="000000"><b>(20) And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?</b></font>
فَذَكِّرْ ؕ اِنَّمَاۤ اَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ ؕ(21)
<font color="000000"><b>(21) Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.</b></font>
لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَۜيْطِرٍۙ(22)
<font color="000000"><b>(22) You are not a watcher over them;</b></font>
اِلَّا مَنْ تَوَلّٰى وَكَفَرَۙ(23)
<font color="000000"><b>(23) But whoever turns back and disbelieves,</b></font>
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللّٰهُ الْعَذَابَ الْاَكْبَرَؕ(24)
<font color="000000"><b>(24) Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.</b></font>
اِنَّ اِلَيْنَاۤ اِيَابَهُمْۙ(25)
<font color="000000"><b>(25) Surely to Us is their turning back,</b></font>
ثُمَّ اِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ(26)
<font color="000000"><b>(26) Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.</b></font>
