بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سأل سائل بعذاب واقع
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall
Chapter 70, 44 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سأل سائل بعذاب واقع
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall
للكافرين ليس له دافع
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,
من الله ذي المعارج
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways
تعرج الملائكة والروح إليه في يوم كان مقداره خمسين ألف سنة
TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin
(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.
فاصبر صبرا جميلا
Faisbir sabran jameelan
But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.
إنهم يرونه بعيدا
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
Lo! they behold it afar off
ونراه قريبا
Wanarahu qareeban
While we behold it nigh:
يوم تكون السماء كالمهل
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
The day when the sky will become as molten copper,
وتكون الجبال كالعهن
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And the hills become as flakes of wool,
ولا يسأل حميم حميما
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend
يبصرونهم ۚ يود المجرم لو يفتدي من عذاب يومئذ ببنيه
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi
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
وصاحبته وأخيه
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
And his spouse and his brother
وفصيلته التي تؤويه
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
And his kin that harboured him
ومن في الأرض جميعا ثم ينجيه
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.
كلا ۖ إنها لظى
Kalla innaha latha
But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell
نزاعة للشوى
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
Eager to roast;
تدعو من أدبر وتولى
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),
وجمع فأوعى
WajamaAAa faawAAa
And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.
۞ إن الإنسان خلق هلوعا
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
Lo! man was created anxious,
إذا مسه الشر جزوعا
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
Fretful when evil befalleth him
وإذا مسه الخير منوعا
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
And, when good befalleth him, grudging;
إلا المصلين
Illa almusalleena
Save worshippers.
الذين هم على صلاتهم دائمون
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
Who are constant at their worship
والذين في أموالهم حق معلوم
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged
للسائل والمحروم
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
For the beggar and the destitute;
والذين يصدقون بيوم الدين
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,
والذين هم من عذاب ربهم مشفقون
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -
إن عذاب ربهم غير مأمون
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -
والذين هم لفروجهم حافظون
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
And those who preserve their chastity
إلا على أزواجهم أو ما ملكت أيمانهم فإنهم غير ملومين
Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena
Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;
فمن ابتغى وراء ذلك فأولئك هم العادون
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;
والذين هم لأماناتهم وعهدهم راعون
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,
والذين هم بشهاداتهم قائمون
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who stand by their testimony
والذين هم على صلاتهم يحافظون
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
And those who are attentive at their worship.
أولئك في جنات مكرمون
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.
فمال الذين كفروا قبلك مهطعين
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open - eyed,
عن اليمين وعن الشمال عزين
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
On the right and on the left, in groups ?
أيطمع كل امرئ منهم أن يدخل جنة نعيم
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight ?
كلا ۖ إنا خلقناهم مما يعلمون
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.
فلا أقسم برب المشارق والمغارب إنا لقادرون
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona
But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising - places and the setting - places of the planets that We verily are Able
على أن نبدل خيرا منهم وما نحن بمسبوقين
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.
فذرهم يخوضوا ويلعبوا حتى يلاقوا يومهم الذي يوعدون
Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona
So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,
يوم يخرجون من الأجداث سراعا كأنهم إلى نصب يوفضون
Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona
The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,
خاشعة أبصارهم ترهقهم ذلة ۚ ذلك اليوم الذي كانوا يوعدون
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona
With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.