Chapter 70, 44 verses
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
The unbelievers - - there is none to avert it - -
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
From Allah, the 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
To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is 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
Therefore endure with a goodly patience.
So be patient with gracious patience.
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
Surely they think it to be far off,
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
Wanarahu qareeban
And We see it nigh.
But We see it [as] near.
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool
And the mountains will be like wool,
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
And friend shall not ask of friend
And no friend will ask [anything of] a 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,
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
And his wife and his brother
And his wife and his brother
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
And all those that are in the earth, (wishing) then (that) this might deliver him.
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
Kalla innaha latha
By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
Dragging by the head,
A remover of exteriors.
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
It shall claim him who turned and fled (from truth),
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
WajamaAAa faawAAa
And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
Surely man is created of a hasty temperament
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him
When evil touches him, impatient,
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
And niggardly when good befalls him
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
Illa almusalleena
Except those who pray,
Except the observers of prayer -
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
Those who are constant at their prayer
Those who are constant in their prayer
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion.
And those within whose wealth is a known right
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
For him who begs and for him who is denied (good)
For the petitioner and the deprived -
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
And those who accept the truth of the judgment day
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord - -
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure of - -
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
And those who guard their private parts,
And those who guard their private parts
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,
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
But he who seeks to go beyond this, these it is that go beyond the limits - -
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who are upright in their testimonies,
And those who are in their testimonies upright
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
And those who keep a guard on their prayer,
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
Those shall be in gardens, honored.
They will be in gardens, honored.
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten on around you,
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties?
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate 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?
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
By no means! Surely We have created them of what they know.
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which 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
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We 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 with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
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 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
The day on which they shall come forth from their graves in haste, as if they were hastening on to a goal,
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
Their eyes cast down; disgrace shall overtake them; that is the day which they were threatened with.
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.