Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سأل سائل بعذاب واقع
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall
Chapter 70, 44 verses
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سأل سائل بعذاب واقع
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
للكافرين ليس له دافع
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
Upon the disbelievers, which none can avert,
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
من الله ذي المعارج
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
From Allah, the Lord of the ways of ascent.
TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin
تعرج الملائكة والروح إليه في يوم كان مقداره خمسين ألف سنة
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent 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.
Faisbir sabran jameelan
فاصبر صبرا جميلا
So be patient with gracious patience.
So be patient (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), with a good patience.
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
إنهم يرونه بعيدا
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
Verily, they see it (the torment) afar off.
Wanarahu qareeban
ونراه قريبا
But We see it [as] near.
But We see it (quite) near.
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
يوم تكون السماء كالمهل
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
The Day that the sky will be like the boiling filth of oil, (or molten copper or silver or lead).
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
وتكون الجبال كالعهن
And the mountains will be like wool,
And the mountains will be like flakes of wool.
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
ولا يسأل حميم حميما
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
And no friend will ask a friend (about his condition),
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi
يبصرونهم ۚ يود المجرم لو يفتدي من عذاب يومئذ ببنيه
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by 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,
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
وصاحبته وأخيه
And his wife and his brother
And his wife and his brother,
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
وفصيلته التي تؤويه
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
And his kindred who sheltered him,
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
ومن في الأرض جميعا ثم ينجيه
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
And all that are in the earth, so that it might save him.
Kalla innaha latha
كلا ۖ إنها لظى
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
By no means! Verily, it will be the Fire of Hell,
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
نزاعة للشوى
A remover of exteriors.
Taking away (burning completely) the head skin!
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
تدعو من أدبر وتولى
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
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)
WajamaAAa faawAAa
وجمع فأوعى
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
And collect (wealth) and hide it (from spending it in the Cause of Allah).
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
۞ إن الإنسان خلق هلوعا
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
Verily, man () was created very impatient;
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
إذا مسه الشر جزوعا
When evil touches him, impatient,
Irritable (discontented) when evil touches him;
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
وإذا مسه الخير منوعا
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
And niggardly when good touches him.
Illa almusalleena
إلا المصلين
Except the observers of prayer -
Except those who are devoted to Salat (prayers).
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
الذين هم على صلاتهم دائمون
Those who are constant in their prayer
Those who remain constant in their Salat (prayers);
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
والذين في أموالهم حق معلوم
And those within whose wealth is a known right
And those in whose wealth there is a recognised right
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
للسائل والمحروم
For the petitioner and the deprived -
For the beggar who asks, and for the unlucky who has lost his property and wealth, (and his means of living has been straitened).
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
والذين يصدقون بيوم الدين
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense.
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
والذين هم من عذاب ربهم مشفقون
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
And those who fear the torment of their Lord.
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
إن عذاب ربهم غير مأمون
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
Verily, the torment of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure. -
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
والذين هم لفروجهم حافظون
And those who guard their private parts
And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts from illegal sexual acts).
Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena
إلا على أزواجهم أو ما ملكت أيمانهم فإنهم غير ملومين
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
Except from their wives or the (women slaves) whom their right hands possess - for (then) they are not blameworthy.
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
فمن ابتغى وراء ذلك فأولئك هم العادون
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
But whosoever seeks beyond that, then it is those who are trespassers.
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
والذين هم لأماناتهم وعهدهم راعون
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
And those who keep their trusts and covenants.
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
والذين هم بشهاداتهم قائمون
And those who are in their testimonies upright
And those who stand firm in their testimonies.
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
والذين هم على صلاتهم يحافظون
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
And those who guard their Salat (prayers) well.
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
أولئك في جنات مكرمون
They will be in gardens, honored.
Such shall dwell in the Gardens (i.e. Paradise), honoured.
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
فمال الذين كفروا قبلك مهطعين
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],
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)].
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
عن اليمين وعن الشمال عزين
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
(Sitting) in groups on the right and on the left (of you, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)?
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
أيطمع كل امرئ منهم أن يدخل جنة نعيم
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
Does every man of them hope to enter the Paradise of Delight?
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
كلا ۖ إنا خلقناهم مما يعلمون
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
No, that is not like that! Verily, We have created them out of that which they know!
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona
فلا أقسم برب المشارق والمغارب إنا لقادرون
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are 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
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
على أن نبدل خيرا منهم وما نحن بمسبوقين
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
To replace them by (others) better than them; and We are not to be outrun.
Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona
فذرهم يخوضوا ويلعبوا حتى يلاقوا يومهم الذي يوعدون
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -
So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they meet their Day which they are promised -
Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona
يوم يخرجون من الأجداث سراعا كأنهم إلى نصب يوفضون
The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.
The Day when they will come out of the graves quickly as racing to a goal,
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona
خاشعة أبصارهم ترهقهم ذلة ۚ ذلك اليوم الذي كانوا يوعدون
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.
With their eyes lowered in fear and humility, ignominy covering them (all over)! That is the Day which they were promised!