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