Chapter 70, 44 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall
Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
The unbelievers - - there is none to avert it - -
From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent.
(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.
TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin
To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years.
But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.
Faisbir sabran jameelan
Therefore endure with a goodly patience.
Lo! they behold it afar off
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
Surely they think it to be far off,
While we behold it nigh:
Wanarahu qareeban
And We see it nigh.
The day when the sky will become as molten copper,
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper
And the hills become as flakes of wool,
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool
And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
And friend shall not ask of friend
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
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi
(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,
And his spouse and his brother
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
And his wife and his brother
And his kin that harboured him
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,
And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
And all those that are in the earth, (wishing) then (that) this might deliver him.
But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell
Kalla innaha latha
By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire
Eager to roast;
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
Dragging by the head,
It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
It shall claim him who turned and fled (from truth),
And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.
WajamaAAa faawAAa
And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.
Lo! man was created anxious,
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
Surely man is created of a hasty temperament
Fretful when evil befalleth him
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him
And, when good befalleth him, grudging;
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
And niggardly when good befalls him
Save worshippers.
Illa almusalleena
Except those who pray,
Who are constant at their worship
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
Those who are constant at their prayer
And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion.
For the beggar and the destitute;
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
For him who begs and for him who is denied (good)
And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
And those who accept the truth of the judgment day
And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord - -
Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure of - -
And those who preserve their chastity
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
And those who guard their private parts,
Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;
Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena
Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess - - for these surely are not to be blamed,
But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
But he who seeks to go beyond this, these it is that go beyond the limits - -
And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant
And those who stand by their testimony
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who are upright in their testimonies,
And those who are attentive at their worship.
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
And those who keep a guard on their prayer,
These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
Those shall be in gardens, honored.
What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open - eyed,
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten on around you,
On the right and on the left, in groups ?
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties?
Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight ?
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
Does every man of them desire that he should be made to enter the garden of bliss?
Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
By no means! Surely We have created them of what they know.
But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising - places and the setting - places of the planets that We verily are Able
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona
But nay! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly able
To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
To bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome.
So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,
Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona
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;
The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,
Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona
The day on which they shall come forth from their graves in haste, as if they were hastening on to a goal,
With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona
Their eyes cast down; disgrace shall overtake them; that is the day which they were threatened with.