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