What does Quran 88:1 mean?

Quran 88:1 (Surah Al-Ghaashiya, Ayah 1) translates to: "Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 88:1 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Ghaashiya (The Overwhelming), the 88th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 30.

Yes — there are 4 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sunan an-Nasa'i.

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Abbas — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Day of Judgment, Divine Punishment, Accountability, Divine Revelation, Prayer.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ

Hal ataaka hadeesul ghaashiyah

Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.

3 other themes with weak connections

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Day of Judgment

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4 ayahs in Al-Ghaashiya are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.

Scholars offer complementary perspectives

Has there — there has indeed — come to you the tiding of the Enveloper? the Resurrection so called because it ‘envelops’ creatures with its terrors.

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