Chapter 70, 44 verses
One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
The unbelievers - - there is none to avert it - -
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
لِّلْكَافِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ
From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent.
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ
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.
تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
Therefore endure with a goodly patience.
So be patient with gracious patience.
فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
Surely they think it to be far off,
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا
And We see it nigh.
But We see it [as] near.
وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا
On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاءُ كَالْمُهْلِ
And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool
And the mountains will be like wool,
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ
And friend shall not ask of friend
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
وَلَا يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
(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
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ
And his wife and his brother
And his wife and his brother
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ
And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِي تُؤْوِيهِ
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.
وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
Dragging by the head,
A remover of exteriors.
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ
It shall claim him who turned and fled (from truth),
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰ
Surely man is created of a hasty temperament
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
۞ إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him
When evil touches him, impatient,
إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
And niggardly when good befalls him
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
Except those who pray,
Except the observers of prayer -
إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ
Those who are constant at their prayer
Those who are constant in their prayer
الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ
And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion.
And those within whose wealth is a known right
وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ
For him who begs and for him who is denied (good)
For the petitioner and the deprived -
لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ
And those who accept the truth of the judgment day
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord - -
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
وَالَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
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 -
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
And those who guard their private parts,
And those who guard their private parts
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ
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 -
إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
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 -
فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ
And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ
And those who are upright in their testimonies,
And those who are in their testimonies upright
وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَ
And those who keep a guard on their prayer,
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
Those shall be in gardens, honored.
They will be in gardens, honored.
أُولَٰئِكَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ
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],
فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties?
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
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?
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ
By no means! Surely We have created them of what they know.
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
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
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ إِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَ
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.
عَلَىٰ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
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 -
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
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.
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ
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.
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ