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
A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall -
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,
The Unbelievers, the which there is none to ward off, -
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways
(A Penalty) from Allah, 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.
The angels and the spirit ascend unto him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years:
Faisbir sabran jameelan
But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.
Therefore do thou hold Patience, - a Patience of beautiful (contentment).
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
Lo! they behold it afar off
They see the (Day) indeed as a far - off (event):
Wanarahu qareeban
While we behold it nigh:
But We see it (quite) near.
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
The day when the sky will become as molten copper,
The Day that the sky will be like molten brass,
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And the hills become as flakes of wool,
And the mountains will be like wool,
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend
And no friend will ask after a 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 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,
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
And his spouse and his brother
His wife and his brother,
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
And his kin that harboured him
His kindred who sheltered him,
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.
And all, all that is on earth, - so it could deliver him:
Kalla innaha latha
But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell
By no means! for it would be the Fire of Hell! -
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
Eager to roast;
Plucking out (his being) right to the skull! -
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),
Inviting (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from the Right).
WajamaAAa faawAAa
And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.
And collect (wealth) and hide it (from use)!
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
Lo! man was created anxious,
Truly man was created very impatient; -
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
Fretful when evil befalleth him
Fretful when evil touches him;
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
And, when good befalleth him, grudging;
And niggardly when good reaches him; -
Illa almusalleena
Save worshippers.
Not so those devoted to Prayer; -
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
Who are constant at their worship
Those who remain steadfast to their prayer;
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged
And those in whose wealth is a recognised right.
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
For the beggar and the destitute;
For the (needy) who asks and him who is prevented (for some reason from asking);
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,
And those who hold to the truth of the Day of Judgment;
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -
And those who fear the displeasure of their Lord, -
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -
For their Lord's displeasure is the opposite of Peace and Tranquillity; -
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
And those who preserve their chastity
And those who guard their chastity,
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 with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hands possess, - for (then) they 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 those who trespass beyond this are transgressors; -
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,
And those who respect their trusts and covenants;
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who stand by their testimony
And those who stand firm in their testimonies;
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
And those who are attentive at their worship.
And those who guard (the sacredness) of their worship; -
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.
Such will be the honoured ones in the Gardens (of Bliss).
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open - eyed,
Now what is the matter with the Unbelievers that they rush madly before thee -
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
On the right and on the left, in groups ?
From the right and from the left, in crowds?
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 long to enter the Garden of Bliss?
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.
By no means! For We have created them out of the (base matter) 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
Now I do call to witness the Lord of all points in the East and the West that We can certainly -
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.
Substitute for them better (men) than they; And We are not to be defeated (in Our Plan).
Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona
So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,
So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they encounter that Day of theirs which they have been promised! -
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 whereon they will issue from their sepulchres in sudden haste as if they were rushing to a goal - post (fixed for them), -
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 lowered in dejection, - ignominy covering them (all over)! such is the Day the which they are promised!