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