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Al-Ghâshiyah takes its name from a word in verse 1.

An early Meccan Sûrah.

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming? On that day (many) faces will be downcast, Toiling, weary, Scorched by burning fire, Drinking from a boiling spring, No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger. In that day other faces will be calm, Glad for their effort past, In a high garden Where they hear no idle speech, Wherein is a gushing spring, Wherein are couches raised And goblets set at hand And cushions ranged And silken carpets spread. Will they not regard the camels, how they are created? And the heaven, how it is raised? And the hills, how they are set up? And the earth, how it is spread? Rh