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
Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
(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
But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.
Faisbir sabran jameelan
Lo! they behold it afar off
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
While we behold it nigh:
Wanarahu qareeban
The day when the sky will become as molten copper,
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
And the hills become as flakes of wool,
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
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
And his spouse and his brother
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
And his kin that harboured him
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell
Kalla innaha latha
Eager to roast;
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.
WajamaAAa faawAAa
Lo! man was created anxious,
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
Fretful when evil befalleth him
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
And, when good befalleth him, grudging;
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
Save worshippers.
Illa almusalleena
Who are constant at their worship
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
For the beggar and the destitute;
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
And those who preserve their chastity
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
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
But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who stand by their testimony
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who are attentive at their worship.
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open - eyed,
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
On the right and on the left, in groups ?
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight ?
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
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
To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,
Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona
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
With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona