Surah Al-Ghashiyah
Surah 88 · The Overwhelming · 26 verses · meccan
The Overwhelming — al-Ghashiyah, a name for the Day of Judgement: the event that covers everything.
The story
Allah says: just look at a camel! Look how it is made. Then look at the sky, the mountains, and the ground. You do not need anything special to see Allah's work — it is all around you.
How it unfolds
AYAH 1-16
Two kinds of faces
Effort spent for nothing, and effort that arrives somewhere quiet.
AYAH 17-20
Look at the camel
Four things anyone could see: the camel, the sky, the mountains, the earth.
AYAH 21-26
Only a reminder
The limits of the Prophet's ﷺ role, and the return of all people to Allah.
Verses to carry
- 88:17"Do they not look at the camels — how they are created?"
- 88:21"So remind — you are only a reminder. You are not over them a controller."
- 88:11"Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech." Paradise described by what it does not contain.
Remember this
In Paradise, nobody says anything mean. Not once.
Talk about it
Look at one animal today, really carefully. What is amazing about how it is made?