Surah Al Ghashiyat

Surah Al Ghashiyat

00:00 Intro
00:09 Hal ataka hadeethu alghashiyat
00:13 Wujoohun yawma-ithin khashiAAa
00:18 AAamilatun nasiba
00:22 Tasla naran hamiya
00:26 Tusqa min AAaynin aniya
00:30 Laysa lahum taAAamun illamin dareeAA
00:38 La yusminu wala yughnee minjooAA
00:45 Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAima
00:51 LisaAAyiha radiya
00:54 Fee jannatin AAaliya
00:58 La tasmaAAu feeha laghiya
01:02 Feeha AAaynun jariya
01:06 Feeha sururun marfooAAa
01:11 Waakwabun mawdooAAa
01:15 Wanamariqu masfoofa
01:19 Wazarabiyyu mabthootha
01:22 Afala yanthuroona ilaal-ibili kayfa khuliqat
01:29 Wa-ila assama-i kayfarufiAAat
01:34 Wa-ila aljibali kayfa nusibat
01:38 Wa-ila al-ardi kayfa sutihat
01:41 Fathakkir innama anta muthakkir
01:49 Lasta AAalayhim bimusaytir
01:53 Illa man tawalla wakafar
01:57 FayuAAaththibuhu Allahu alAAathabaal-akbar
02:03 Inna ilayna iyabahum
02:09 Thumma inna AAalayna hisabahum

Theme and Subject-Matter:

To understand the subject matter of this Surah one should keep in view the fact that in the initial stage the preaching of the Prophet (pbuh) mostly centered around two points which he wanted to instill in the peoples' minds:

1. Tawhid, and
2. The Life after death.

Guidance is provided through questions inviting people to think, such as: do these people not observe the common things which they experience daily in their lives? Do they not consider how the camels, on whom their whole life's activity in the Arabian desert depends, came into being? How they were endowed precisely with the same characteristics required to live the desert life? When they go on their journeys, they see the sky, the mountains, and the earth. Let them ponder over these three phenomena and consider as to how the sky was stretched above them, how the mountains were erected and how the earth was spread beneath them? Has all this come about without the skill and craftsmanship of an All-Powerful, All Wise Designer? If they acknowledge that a Creator has created all this with great wisdom and power and that no one else is an associate with Him in their creation, why then do they refuse to accept Him Alone as their Sustainer? And if they acknowledge that Allah (God) had the power to create all this, then on what rational ground do they hesitate to acknowledge that Allah also has the power to bring about resurrection, to recreate man, and to make hell and heaven?