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1 Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin

1 One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall

1 A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

2 Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun

2 The unbelievers - - there is none to avert it - -

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

3 Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji

3 From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent.

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

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

4 To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which 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 Therefore endure with a goodly patience.

5 So be patient with gracious patience.

6 Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan

6 Surely they think it to be far off,

6 Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

7 Wanarahu qareeban

7 And We see it nigh.

7 But We see it [as] near.

8 Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli

8 On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper

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

9 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni

9 And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool

9 And the mountains will be like wool,

10 Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman

10 And friend shall not ask of friend

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

11 Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi

11 (Though) they shall be made to see each other. The guilty one would fain redeem himself from the chastisement of that day by (sacrificing) 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 wife and his brother

12 And his wife and his brother

13 Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi

13 And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,

13 And his nearest kindred who shelter him

14 Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi

14 And all those that are in the earth, (wishing) then (that) this might deliver him.

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

15 Kalla innaha latha

15 By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire

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

16 NazzaAAatan lilshshawa

16 Dragging by the head,

16 A remover of exteriors.

17 TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

17 It shall claim 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 amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.

18 And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

19 Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan

19 Surely man is created of a hasty temperament

19 Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

20 Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan

20 Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him

20 When evil touches him, impatient,

21 Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan

21 And niggardly when good befalls him

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

22 Illa almusalleena

22 Except those who pray,

22 Except the observers of prayer -

23 Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona

23 Those who are constant at their prayer

23 Those who are constant in their prayer

24 Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun

24 And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion.

24 And those within whose wealth is a known right

25 Lilssaili waalmahroomi

25 For him who begs and for him who is denied (good)

25 For the petitioner and the deprived -

26 Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni

26 And those who accept the truth of the judgment day

26 And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

27 Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona

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

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

28 Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin

28 Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure of - -

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

29 Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona

29 And those who guard their private parts,

29 And those who guard their private parts

30 Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena

30 Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess - - for these surely are not to be blamed,

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 he who seeks to go beyond this, these it is that go beyond the limits - -

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

32 Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona

32 And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant

32 And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

33 Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona

33 And those who are upright in their testimonies,

33 And those who are in their testimonies upright

34 Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona

34 And those who keep a guard on their prayer,

34 And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

35 Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona

35 Those shall be in gardens, honored.

35 They will be in gardens, honored.

36 Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena

36 But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten on around you,

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 hand and on the left, in sundry parties?

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

38 AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin

38 Does every man of them desire that he should be made to enter the garden of bliss?

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

39 Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona

39 By no means! Surely We have created them of 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 Easts and the Wests that We are certainly 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 bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome.

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 Therefore leave them alone to go on with the false discourses and to sport until they come face to face with that day of theirs with which they are threatened;

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 on which they shall come forth from their graves in haste, as if they were hastening on 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 Their eyes cast down; disgrace shall overtake them; that is the day which they were threatened with.

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