Chapter 70, 44 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which 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.
So be patient with gracious patience.
Faisbir sabran jameelan
Lo! they behold it afar off
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
While we behold it nigh:
But We see it [as] near.
Wanarahu qareeban
The day when the sky will become as molten copper,
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
And the hills become as flakes of wool,
And the mountains will be like wool,
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend
And no friend will ask [anything of] a 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
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi
And his spouse and his brother
And his wife and his brother
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
And his kin that harboured him
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
Kalla innaha latha
Eager to roast;
A remover of exteriors.
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
WajamaAAa faawAAa
Lo! man was created anxious,
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
Fretful when evil befalleth him
When evil touches him, impatient,
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
And, when good befalleth him, grudging;
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
Save worshippers.
Except the observers of prayer -
Illa almusalleena
Who are constant at their worship
Those who are constant in their prayer
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged
And those within whose wealth is a known right
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
For the beggar and the destitute;
For the petitioner and the deprived -
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
And those who preserve their chastity
And those who guard their private parts
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena
But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who stand by their testimony
And those who are in their testimonies upright
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who are attentive at their worship.
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.
They will be in gardens, honored.
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open - eyed,
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
On the right and on the left, in groups ?
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight ?
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which 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
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona
To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves 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,
The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.
Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona
With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona