Al-Ghashiyah __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text AL-GHASHIYAH الغاسية "The Covering, Overwhelming." A name given to the LXXXVIIIth Surah of the Qur'an, the word occurring in the first verse for the Day of Judgement: "Has there come to thee the story of the overwhelming?" Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/dictionary-of-islam-hughes">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail