Chapter 70, 44 verses
One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
The unbelievers - - there is none to avert it - -
لِّلْكَافِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent.
مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which 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
Therefore endure with a goodly patience.
فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
Faisbir sabran jameelan
Surely they think it to be far off,
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
And We see it nigh.
وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا
Wanarahu qareeban
On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاءُ كَالْمُهْلِ
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And friend shall not ask of friend
وَلَا يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
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,
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi
And his wife and his brother
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِي تُؤْوِيهِ
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
And all those that are in the earth, (wishing) then (that) this might deliver him.
وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
Kalla innaha latha
Dragging by the head,
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
It shall claim him who turned and fled (from truth),
تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰ
WajamaAAa faawAAa
Surely man is created of a hasty temperament
۞ إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him
إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
And niggardly when good befalls him
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
Except those who pray,
إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ
Illa almusalleena
Those who are constant at their prayer
الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion.
وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
For him who begs and for him who is denied (good)
لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
And those who accept the truth of the judgment day
وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord - -
وَالَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure of - -
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
And those who guard their private parts,
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ
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,
إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
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 - -
فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who are upright in their testimonies,
وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَ
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who keep a guard on their prayer,
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
Those shall be in gardens, honored.
أُولَٰئِكَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten on around you,
فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties?
عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
Does every man of them desire that he should be made to enter the garden of bliss?
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
By no means! Surely We have created them of what they know.
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
But nay! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly able
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ إِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَ
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona
To bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome.
عَلَىٰ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
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;
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
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,
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ
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.
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona