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
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
[It is] from Allah, owner 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
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.
Faisbir sabran jameelan
So be patient with gracious patience.
Lo! they behold it afar off
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
While we behold it nigh:
Wanarahu qareeban
But We see it [as] near.
The day when the sky will become as molten copper,
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
And the hills become as flakes of wool,
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And the mountains will be like wool,
And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
And no friend will ask [anything of] a 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
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by 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 his nearest kindred who shelter him
And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell
Kalla innaha latha
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
Eager to roast;
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
A remover of exteriors.
It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.
WajamaAAa faawAAa
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
Lo! man was created anxious,
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
Fretful when evil befalleth him
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
When evil touches him, impatient,
And, when good befalleth him, grudging;
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
Save worshippers.
Illa almusalleena
Except the observers of prayer -
Who are constant at their worship
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
Those who are constant in their prayer
And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
And those within whose wealth is a known right
For the beggar and the destitute;
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
For the petitioner and the deprived -
And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
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 from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they 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 whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
And those who stand by their testimony
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who are in their testimonies upright
And those who are attentive at their worship.
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
They will be in gardens, honored.
What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open - eyed,
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],
On the right and on the left, in groups ?
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight ?
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which 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
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are 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 replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,
Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -
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 they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.
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 humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.