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1 Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall

1 A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

2 Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun

2 Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

2 To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

3 Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji

3 From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

3 [It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.

4 TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin

4 (Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.

4 The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.

5 Faisbir sabran jameelan

5 But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.

5 So be patient with gracious patience.

6 Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan

6 Lo! they behold it afar off

6 Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

7 Wanarahu qareeban

7 While we behold it nigh:

7 But We see it [as] near.

8 Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli

8 The day when the sky will become as molten copper,

8 On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

9 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni

9 And the hills become as flakes of wool,

9 And the mountains will be like wool,

10 Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman

10 And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend

10 And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,

11 Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi

11 Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children

11 They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

12 Wasahibatihi waakheehi

12 And his spouse and his brother

12 And his wife and his brother

13 Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi

13 And his kin that harboured him

13 And his nearest kindred who shelter him

14 Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi

14 And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.

14 And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.

15 Kalla innaha latha

15 But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell

15 No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],

16 NazzaAAatan lilshshawa

16 Eager to roast;

16 A remover of exteriors.

17 TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

17 It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),

17 It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

18 WajamaAAa faawAAa

18 And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.

18 And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

19 Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan

19 Lo! man was created anxious,

19 Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

20 Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan

20 Fretful when evil befalleth him

20 When evil touches him, impatient,

21 Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan

21 And, when good befalleth him, grudging;

21 And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

22 Illa almusalleena

22 Save worshippers.

22 Except the observers of prayer -

23 Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona

23 Who are constant at their worship

23 Those who are constant in their prayer

24 Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun

24 And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

24 And those within whose wealth is a known right

25 Lilssaili waalmahroomi

25 For the beggar and the destitute;

25 For the petitioner and the deprived -

26 Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni

26 And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

26 And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

27 Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona

27 And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -

27 And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -

28 Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin

28 Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -

28 Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -

29 Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona

29 And those who preserve their chastity

29 And those who guard their private parts

30 Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena

30 Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;

30 Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -

31 Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona

31 But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;

31 But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -

32 Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona

32 And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,

32 And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

33 Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona

33 And those who stand by their testimony

33 And those who are in their testimonies upright

34 Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona

34 And those who are attentive at their worship.

34 And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

35 Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona

35 These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

35 They will be in gardens, honored.

36 Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena

36 What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open - eyed,

36 So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],

37 AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena

37 On the right and on the left, in groups ?

37 [To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?

38 AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin

38 Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight ?

38 Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?

39 Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona

39 Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.

39 No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.

40 Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona

40 But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising - places and the setting - places of the planets that We verily are Able

40 So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

41 AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena

41 To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.

41 To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.

42 Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona

42 So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,

42 So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -

43 Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona

43 The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,

43 The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.

44 KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona

44 With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.

44 Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.