Chapter 70, 44 verses
One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall -
The unbelievers - - there is none to avert it - -
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
The Unbelievers, the which there is none to ward off, -
From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent.
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
(A Penalty) from Allah, Lord of the Ways of Ascent.
To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which 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
The angels and the spirit ascend unto him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years:
Therefore endure with a goodly patience.
So be patient with gracious patience.
Faisbir sabran jameelan
Therefore do thou hold Patience, - a Patience of beautiful (contentment).
Surely they think it to be far off,
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
They see the (Day) indeed as a far - off (event):
And We see it nigh.
But We see it [as] near.
Wanarahu qareeban
But We see it (quite) near.
On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
The Day that the sky will be like molten brass,
And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool
And the mountains will be like wool,
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And the mountains will be like wool,
And friend shall not ask of friend
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
And no friend will ask after a 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,
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
Though they will be put in sight of each other, - the sinner's desire will be: Would that he could redeem himself from the Penalty of that Day by (sacrificing) his children,
And his wife and his brother
And his wife and his brother
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
His wife and his brother,
And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
His kindred who sheltered him,
And all those that are in the earth, (wishing) then (that) this might deliver him.
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
And all, all that is on earth, - so it could deliver him:
By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
Kalla innaha latha
By no means! for it would be the Fire of Hell! -
Dragging by the head,
A remover of exteriors.
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
Plucking out (his being) right to the skull! -
It shall claim 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
Inviting (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from the Right).
And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
WajamaAAa faawAAa
And collect (wealth) and hide it (from use)!
Surely man is created of a hasty temperament
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
Truly man was created very impatient; -
Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him
When evil touches him, impatient,
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
Fretful when evil touches him;
And niggardly when good befalls him
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
And niggardly when good reaches him; -
Except those who pray,
Except the observers of prayer -
Illa almusalleena
Not so those devoted to Prayer; -
Those who are constant at their prayer
Those who are constant in their prayer
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
Those who remain steadfast to their prayer;
And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion.
And those within whose wealth is a known right
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
And those in whose wealth is a recognised right.
For him who begs and for him who is denied (good)
For the petitioner and the deprived -
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
For the (needy) who asks and him who is prevented (for some reason from asking);
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 hold to the truth of the Day of Judgment;
And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord - -
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
And those who fear the displeasure of their Lord, -
Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure of - -
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
For their Lord's displeasure is the opposite of Peace and Tranquillity; -
And those who guard their private parts,
And those who guard their private parts
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
And those who guard their chastity,
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 those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena
Except with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hands possess, - for (then) they are not to be blamed,
But he who seeks to go beyond this, these it is that go beyond the limits - -
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
But those who trespass beyond this are transgressors; -
And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who respect their trusts and covenants;
And those who are upright in their testimonies,
And those who are in their testimonies upright
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who stand firm in their testimonies;
And those who keep a guard on their prayer,
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
And those who guard (the sacredness) of their worship; -
Those shall be in gardens, honored.
They will be in gardens, honored.
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
Such will be the honoured ones in the Gardens (of Bliss).
But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten on around you,
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
Now what is the matter with the Unbelievers that they rush madly before thee -
On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties?
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
From the right and from the left, in crowds?
Does every man of them desire that he should be made to enter the garden of bliss?
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
Does every man of them long to enter the Garden of Bliss?
By no means! Surely We have created them of what they know.
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
By no means! For We have created them out of the (base matter) they know!
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] risings and settings that indeed We are able
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona
Now I do call to witness the Lord of all points in the East and the West that We can certainly -
To bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome.
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
Substitute for them better (men) than they; And We are not to be defeated (in Our Plan).
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 converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -
Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona
So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they encounter that Day of theirs which they have been promised! -
The day on which they shall come forth from their graves in haste, as if they were hastening on 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
The Day whereon they will issue from their sepulchres in sudden haste as if they were rushing to a goal - post (fixed for them), -
Their eyes cast down; disgrace shall overtake them; that is the day which they were threatened with.
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
Their eyes lowered in dejection, - ignominy covering them (all over)! such is the Day the which they are promised!