Chapter 70, 44 verses
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall
One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,
The unbelievers - - there is none to avert it - -
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways
From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent.
TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin
(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.
To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years.
Faisbir sabran jameelan
But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.
Therefore endure with a goodly patience.
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
Lo! they behold it afar off
Surely they think it to be far off,
Wanarahu qareeban
While we behold it nigh:
And We see it nigh.
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
The day when the sky will become as molten copper,
On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And the hills become as flakes of wool,
And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend
And friend shall not ask of friend
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi
Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children
(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,
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
And his spouse and his brother
And his wife and his brother
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
And his kin that harboured him
And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.
And all those that are in the earth, (wishing) then (that) this might deliver him.
Kalla innaha latha
But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell
By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
Eager to roast;
Dragging by the head,
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),
It shall claim him who turned and fled (from truth),
WajamaAAa faawAAa
And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.
And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
Lo! man was created anxious,
Surely man is created of a hasty temperament
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
Fretful when evil befalleth him
Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
And, when good befalleth him, grudging;
And niggardly when good befalls him
Illa almusalleena
Save worshippers.
Except those who pray,
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
Who are constant at their worship
Those who are constant at their prayer
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged
And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion.
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
For the beggar and the destitute;
For him who begs and for him who is denied (good)
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,
And those who accept the truth of the judgment day
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -
And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord - -
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -
Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure of - -
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
And those who preserve their chastity
And those who guard their private parts,
Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena
Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;
Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess - - for these surely are not to be blamed,
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;
But he who seeks to go beyond this, these it is that go beyond the limits - -
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,
And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who stand by their testimony
And those who are upright in their testimonies,
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
And those who are attentive at their worship.
And those who keep a guard on their prayer,
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.
Those shall be in gardens, honored.
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open - eyed,
But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten on around you,
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
On the right and on the left, in groups ?
On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties?
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight ?
Does every man of them desire that he should be made to enter the garden of bliss?
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.
By no means! Surely We have created them of what they know.
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona
But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising - places and the setting - places of the planets that We verily are Able
But nay! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly able
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.
To bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome.
Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona
So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,
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;
Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona
The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,
The day on which they shall come forth from their graves in haste, as if they were hastening on to a goal,
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona
With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.
Their eyes cast down; disgrace shall overtake them; that is the day which they were threatened with.