Chapter 70, 44 verses
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
لِّلْكَافِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ
Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ
From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways
TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin
تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.
Faisbir sabran jameelan
فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا
Lo! they behold it afar off
Wanarahu qareeban
وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا
While we behold it nigh:
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاءُ كَالْمُهْلِ
The day when the sky will become as molten copper,
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ
And the hills become as flakes of wool,
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
وَلَا يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ
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
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ
And his spouse and his brother
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِي تُؤْوِيهِ
And his kin that harboured him
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.
Kalla innaha latha
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ
Eager to roast;
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),
WajamaAAa faawAAa
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰ
And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
۞ إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Lo! man was created anxious,
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
Fretful when evil befalleth him
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
And, when good befalleth him, grudging;
Illa almusalleena
إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ
Save worshippers.
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ
Who are constant at their worship
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ
And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ
For the beggar and the destitute;
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
وَالَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ
And those who preserve their chastity
Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena
إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ
But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ
And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَ
And those who stand by their testimony
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
And those who are attentive at their worship.
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
أُولَٰئِكَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ
These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open - eyed,
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
On the right and on the left, in groups ?
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ
Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight ?
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ إِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَ
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
عَلَىٰ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.
Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,
Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ
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
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ
With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.