Chapter 70, 44 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,
لِّلْكَافِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways
مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.
تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin
But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.
فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
Faisbir sabran jameelan
Lo! they behold it afar off
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
While we behold it nigh:
وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا
Wanarahu qareeban
The day when the sky will become as molten copper,
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاءُ كَالْمُهْلِ
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
And the hills become as flakes of wool,
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend
وَلَا يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
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
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi
And his spouse and his brother
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
And his kin that harboured him
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِي تُؤْوِيهِ
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.
وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
Kalla innaha latha
Eager to roast;
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),
تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰ
WajamaAAa faawAAa
Lo! man was created anxious,
۞ إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
Fretful when evil befalleth him
إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
And, when good befalleth him, grudging;
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
Save worshippers.
إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ
Illa almusalleena
Who are constant at their worship
الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged
وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
For the beggar and the destitute;
لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,
وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -
وَالَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
And those who preserve their chastity
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;
إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena
But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;
فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who stand by their testimony
وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَ
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who are attentive at their worship.
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.
أُولَٰئِكَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open - eyed,
فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
On the right and on the left, in groups ?
عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight ?
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
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
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ إِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَ
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona
To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.
عَلَىٰ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona
The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ
Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona
With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona