88. Surah Al-Ghashiyah (الغاشية), the 88th chapter of the Qur'an, is a deeply evocative Makkan Surah composed of 26 verses. Its title translates directly to "The Overwhelming Event", "The Pall", or "The Shrouding Catastrophe", referring to the Day of Judgment because its immense terror will completely envelope, blind, and overwhelm human consciousness. As a structural and thematic twin to Surah Al-A'la, Al-Ghashiyah shifts from the comforting tone of divine memory retention to a sharp, vivid contrast between the eternal destinations of humanity. It then appeals to basic planetary observation to ground the logic of accountability.