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