Chapter 70, 44 verses
One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
The unbelievers - - there is none to avert it - -
Upon the disbelievers, which none can avert,
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent.
From Allah, the Lord of the ways of ascent.
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years.
The angels and the Ruh [Jibril (Gabriel)] ascend to Him in a Day the measure whereof is fifty thousand years.
TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin
Therefore endure with a goodly patience.
So be patient (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), with a good patience.
Faisbir sabran jameelan
Surely they think it to be far off,
Verily, they see it (the torment) afar off.
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
And We see it nigh.
But We see it (quite) near.
Wanarahu qareeban
On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper
The Day that the sky will be like the boiling filth of oil, (or molten copper or silver or lead).
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool
And the mountains will be like flakes of wool.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And friend shall not ask of friend
And no friend will ask a friend (about his condition),
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 shall be made to see one another [(i.e. on the Day of Resurrection), there will be none but see his father, children and relatives, but he will neither speak to them nor will ask them for any help]. The Mujrim, (criminal, sinner, ) would desire to ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by his children,
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi
And his wife and his brother
And his wife and his brother,
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,
And his kindred who sheltered 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, so that it might save him.
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire
By no means! Verily, it will be the Fire of Hell,
Kalla innaha latha
Dragging by the head,
Taking away (burning completely) the head skin!
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
It shall claim him who turned and fled (from truth),
Calling (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from Faith) [picking and swallowing them up from that great gathering of mankind on the Day of Resurrection just as a bird picks up a food-grain from the earth with its beak and swallows it up] (Tafsir Al-Qurtubi)
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.
And collect (wealth) and hide it (from spending it in the Cause of Allah).
WajamaAAa faawAAa
Surely man is created of a hasty temperament
Verily, man () was created very impatient;
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him
Irritable (discontented) when evil touches him;
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
And niggardly when good befalls him
And niggardly when good touches him.
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
Except those who pray,
Except those who are devoted to Salat (prayers).
Illa almusalleena
Those who are constant at their prayer
Those who remain constant in their Salat (prayers);
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion.
And those in whose wealth there is a recognised right
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
For him who begs and for him who is denied (good)
For the beggar who asks, and for the unlucky who has lost his property and wealth, (and his means of living has been straitened).
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
And those who accept the truth of the judgment day
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense.
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord - -
And those who fear the torment of their Lord.
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure of - -
Verily, the torment 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 guard their chastity (i.e. private parts from illegal sexual acts).
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,
Except from their wives or the (women slaves) whom their right hands possess - for (then) 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 whosoever seeks beyond that, then it is those who are trespassers.
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant
And those who keep their trusts and covenants.
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who are upright in their testimonies,
And those who stand firm in their testimonies.
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who keep a guard on their prayer,
And those who guard their Salat (prayers) well.
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
Those shall be in gardens, honored.
Such shall dwell in the Gardens (i.e. Paradise), honoured.
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten on around you,
So what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten to listen from you [O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), in order to belie you and to mock at you, and at Allah's Book (this Qur'an)].
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties?
(Sitting) in groups on the right and on the left (of you, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)?
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
Does every man of them desire that he should be made to enter the garden of bliss?
Does every man of them hope to enter the Paradise of Delight?
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
By no means! Surely We have created them of what they know.
No, that is not like that! Verily, We have created them out of that which 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
So I swear by the Lord of all the [three hundred and sixty-five (365)] points of sunrise and sunset in the east and the west that surely We 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 leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, 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 will come out of the graves quickly 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 their eyes lowered in fear and humility, ignominy covering them (all over)! That is the Day which they were promised!
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona