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
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
للكافرين ليس له دافع
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
من الله ذي المعارج
[It is] from Allah, owner 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.
Faisbir sabran jameelan
فاصبر صبرا جميلا
So be patient with gracious patience.
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
إنهم يرونه بعيدا
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
Wanarahu qareeban
ونراه قريبا
But We see it [as] near.
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
يوم تكون السماء كالمهل
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
وتكون الجبال كالعهن
And the mountains will be like wool,
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
ولا يسأل حميم حميما
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
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
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
وصاحبته وأخيه
And his wife and his brother
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
وفصيلته التي تؤويه
And his nearest kindred who shelter 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.
Kalla innaha latha
كلا ۖ إنها لظى
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
نزاعة للشوى
A remover of exteriors.
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
تدعو من أدبر وتولى
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
WajamaAAa faawAAa
وجمع فأوعى
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
۞ إن الإنسان خلق هلوعا
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
إذا مسه الشر جزوعا
When evil touches him, impatient,
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
وإذا مسه الخير منوعا
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
Illa almusalleena
إلا المصلين
Except the observers of prayer -
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
الذين هم على صلاتهم دائمون
Those who are constant in their prayer
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
والذين في أموالهم حق معلوم
And those within whose wealth is a known right
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
للسائل والمحروم
For the petitioner and the deprived -
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
والذين يصدقون بيوم الدين
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 -
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
إن عذاب ربهم غير مأمون
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
والذين هم لفروجهم حافظون
And those who guard their private parts
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 -
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
فمن ابتغى وراء ذلك فأولئك هم العادون
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
والذين هم لأماناتهم وعهدهم راعون
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
والذين هم بشهاداتهم قائمون
And those who are in their testimonies upright
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
والذين هم على صلاتهم يحافظون
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
أولئك في جنات مكرمون
They will be in gardens, honored.
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],
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
عن اليمين وعن الشمال عزين
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
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?
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
كلا ۖ إنا خلقناهم مما يعلمون
No! Indeed, We have created them from 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
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.
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 -
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.
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.