Chapter 70, 44 verses
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
The unbelievers - - there is none to avert it - -
لِّلْكَافِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent.
مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ
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.
تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
Faisbir sabran jameelan
Therefore endure with a goodly patience.
فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
Surely they think it to be far off,
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا
Wanarahu qareeban
And We see it nigh.
وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاءُ كَالْمُهْلِ
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
And friend shall not ask of friend
وَلَا يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
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,
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
And his wife and his brother
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِي تُؤْوِيهِ
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
And all those that are in the earth, (wishing) then (that) this might deliver him.
وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
Kalla innaha latha
By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
Dragging by the head,
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
It shall claim him who turned and fled (from truth),
تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
WajamaAAa faawAAa
And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰ
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
Surely man is created of a hasty temperament
۞ إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him
إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
And niggardly when good befalls him
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
Illa almusalleena
Except those who pray,
إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
Those who are constant at their prayer
الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion.
وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
For him who begs and for him who is denied (good)
لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
And those who accept the truth of the judgment day
وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord - -
وَالَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure of - -
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
And those who guard their private parts,
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ
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,
إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
But he who seeks to go beyond this, these it is that go beyond the limits - -
فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who are upright in their testimonies,
وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَ
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
And those who keep a guard on their prayer,
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
Those shall be in gardens, honored.
أُولَٰئِكَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten on around you,
فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties?
عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
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?
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
By no means! Surely We have created them of what they know.
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
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
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ إِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَ
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
To bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome.
عَلَىٰ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
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;
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
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,
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ
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.
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ