Chapter 70, 44 verses
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سأل سائل بعذاب واقع
A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall -
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
للكافرين ليس له دافع
The Unbelievers, the which there is none to ward off, -
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
من الله ذي المعارج
(A Penalty) from Allah, Lord of the Ways of Ascent.
[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 ascend unto him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years:
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
Therefore do thou hold Patience, - a Patience of beautiful (contentment).
So be patient with gracious patience.
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
إنهم يرونه بعيدا
They see the (Day) indeed as a far - off (event):
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
Wanarahu qareeban
ونراه قريبا
But We see it (quite) near.
But We see it [as] near.
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
يوم تكون السماء كالمهل
The Day that the sky will be like molten brass,
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
وتكون الجبال كالعهن
And the mountains will be like wool,
And the mountains will be like wool,
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
ولا يسأل حميم حميما
And no friend will ask after a friend,
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
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,
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
His wife and his brother,
And his wife and his brother
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
وفصيلته التي تؤويه
His kindred who sheltered him,
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
ومن في الأرض جميعا ثم ينجيه
And all, all that is on earth, - so it could deliver him:
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
Kalla innaha latha
كلا ۖ إنها لظى
By no means! for it would be the Fire of Hell! -
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
نزاعة للشوى
Plucking out (his being) right to the skull! -
A remover of exteriors.
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
تدعو من أدبر وتولى
Inviting (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from the Right).
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
WajamaAAa faawAAa
وجمع فأوعى
And collect (wealth) and hide it (from use)!
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
۞ إن الإنسان خلق هلوعا
Truly man was created very impatient; -
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
إذا مسه الشر جزوعا
Fretful when evil touches him;
When evil touches him, impatient,
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
وإذا مسه الخير منوعا
And niggardly when good reaches him; -
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
Illa almusalleena
إلا المصلين
Not so those devoted to Prayer; -
Except the observers of prayer -
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
الذين هم على صلاتهم دائمون
Those who remain steadfast to their prayer;
Those who are constant in their prayer
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
والذين في أموالهم حق معلوم
And those in whose wealth is a recognised right.
And those within whose wealth is a known right
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
للسائل والمحروم
For the (needy) who asks and him who is prevented (for some reason from asking);
For the petitioner and the deprived -
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
والذين يصدقون بيوم الدين
And those who hold to the truth of the Day of Judgment;
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
والذين هم من عذاب ربهم مشفقون
And those who fear the displeasure of their Lord, -
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
إن عذاب ربهم غير مأمون
For their Lord's displeasure is the opposite of Peace and Tranquillity; -
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 chastity,
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 with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hands possess, - for (then) they are not to be blamed,
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 those who trespass beyond this are transgressors; -
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
والذين هم لأماناتهم وعهدهم راعون
And those who respect their trusts and covenants;
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
والذين هم بشهاداتهم قائمون
And those who stand firm in their testimonies;
And those who are in their testimonies upright
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
والذين هم على صلاتهم يحافظون
And those who guard (the sacredness) of their worship; -
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
أولئك في جنات مكرمون
Such will be the honoured ones in the Gardens (of Bliss).
They will be in gardens, honored.
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
فمال الذين كفروا قبلك مهطعين
Now what is the matter with the Unbelievers that they rush madly before thee -
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
From the right and from the left, in crowds?
[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 man of them long to enter the Garden of Bliss?
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
كلا ۖ إنا خلقناهم مما يعلمون
By no means! For We have created them out of the (base matter) they know!
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
Now I do call to witness the Lord of all points in the East and the West that We can certainly -
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
Substitute for them better (men) than they; And We are not to be defeated (in Our Plan).
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 plunge in vain talk and play about, until they encounter that Day of theirs which they have been promised! -
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 whereon they will issue from their sepulchres in sudden haste as if they were rushing to a goal - post (fixed for them), -
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 lowered in dejection, - ignominy covering them (all over)! such is the Day the which they are promised!
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.