Meccan·Surah 88

الغاشية

Surah Al-Ghashiyah — Ayah 6

The Overwhelming

26 Ayahs·Verse 88:6
88:6

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

Context in Surah Al-Ghashiyah

Nearby ayahs help place verse 88:6 in sequence and meaning.

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ

They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ

[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.