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1 A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

1 Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin

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

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

2 Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun

2 Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

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

3 Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji

3 From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

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

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.

5 So be patient with gracious patience.

5 Faisbir sabran jameelan

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

6 Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

6 Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan

6 Lo! they behold it afar off

7 But We see it [as] near.

7 Wanarahu qareeban

7 While we behold it nigh:

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

8 Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli

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

9 And the mountains will be like wool,

9 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni

9 And the hills become as flakes of wool,

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

10 Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman

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

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

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

12 And his wife and his brother

12 Wasahibatihi waakheehi

12 And his spouse and his brother

13 And his nearest kindred who shelter him

13 Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi

13 And his kin that harboured him

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

14 Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi

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

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

15 Kalla innaha latha

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

16 A remover of exteriors.

16 NazzaAAatan lilshshawa

16 Eager to roast;

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

17 TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

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

18 And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

18 WajamaAAa faawAAa

18 And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.

19 Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

19 Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan

19 Lo! man was created anxious,

20 When evil touches him, impatient,

20 Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan

20 Fretful when evil befalleth him

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

21 Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan

21 And, when good befalleth him, grudging;

22 Except the observers of prayer -

22 Illa almusalleena

22 Save worshippers.

23 Those who are constant in their prayer

23 Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona

23 Who are constant at their worship

24 And those within whose wealth is a known right

24 Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun

24 And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

25 For the petitioner and the deprived -

25 Lilssaili waalmahroomi

25 For the beggar and the destitute;

26 And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

26 Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni

26 And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

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

27 Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona

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

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

28 Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin

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

29 And those who guard their private parts

29 Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona

29 And those who preserve their chastity

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

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;

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

31 Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona

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

32 And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

32 Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona

32 And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,

33 And those who are in their testimonies upright

33 Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona

33 And those who stand by their testimony

34 And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

34 Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona

34 And those who are attentive at their worship.

35 They will be in gardens, honored.

35 Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona

35 These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

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

36 Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena

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

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

37 AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena

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

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

38 AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin

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

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

39 Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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,

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

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,

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

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.