Chapter 70, 44 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
Upon the disbelievers, which none can avert,
لِّلْكَافِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
From Allah, the Lord of the ways of ascent.
مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
The angels and the Ruh [Jibril (Gabriel)] ascend to Him in a Day the measure whereof is fifty thousand years.
تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin
So be patient (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), with a good patience.
فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
Faisbir sabran jameelan
Verily, they see it (the torment) afar off.
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
But We see it (quite) near.
وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا
Wanarahu qareeban
The Day that the sky will be like the boiling filth of oil, (or molten copper or silver or lead).
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاءُ كَالْمُهْلِ
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
And the mountains will be like flakes of wool.
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And no friend will ask a friend (about his condition),
وَلَا يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
Though they shall be made to see one another [(i.e. on the Day of Resurrection), there will be none but see his father, children and relatives, but he will neither speak to them nor will ask them for any help]. The Mujrim, (criminal, sinner, ) would desire to ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by his children,
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi
And his wife and his brother,
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
And his kindred who sheltered him,
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِي تُؤْوِيهِ
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
And all that are in the earth, so that it might save him.
وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
By no means! Verily, it will be the Fire of Hell,
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
Kalla innaha latha
Taking away (burning completely) the head skin!
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
Calling (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from Faith) [picking and swallowing them up from that great gathering of mankind on the Day of Resurrection just as a bird picks up a food-grain from the earth with its beak and swallows it up] (Tafsir Al-Qurtubi)
تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
And collect (wealth) and hide it (from spending it in the Cause of Allah).
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰ
WajamaAAa faawAAa
Verily, man () was created very impatient;
۞ إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
Irritable (discontented) when evil touches him;
إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
And niggardly when good touches him.
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
Except those who are devoted to Salat (prayers).
إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ
Illa almusalleena
Those who remain constant in their Salat (prayers);
الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
And those in whose wealth there is a recognised right
وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
For the beggar who asks, and for the unlucky who has lost his property and wealth, (and his means of living has been straitened).
لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense.
وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
And those who fear the torment of their Lord.
وَالَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
Verily, the torment of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure. -
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts from illegal sexual acts).
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
Except from their wives or the (women slaves) whom their right hands possess - for (then) they are not blameworthy.
إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena
But whosoever seeks beyond that, then it is those who are trespassers.
فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
And those who keep their trusts and covenants.
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who stand firm in their testimonies.
وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَ
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who guard their Salat (prayers) well.
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
Such shall dwell in the Gardens (i.e. Paradise), honoured.
أُولَٰئِكَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
So what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten to listen from you [O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), in order to belie you and to mock at you, and at Allah's Book (this Qur'an)].
فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
(Sitting) in groups on the right and on the left (of you, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)?
عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
Does every man of them hope to enter the Paradise of Delight?
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
No, that is not like that! Verily, We have created them out of that which they know!
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
So I swear by the Lord of all the [three hundred and sixty-five (365)] points of sunrise and sunset in the east and the west that surely We are Able
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ إِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَ
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona
To replace them by (others) better than them; and We are not to be outrun.
عَلَىٰ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they meet their Day which they are promised -
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona
The Day when they will come out of the graves quickly as racing to a goal,
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ
Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona
With their eyes lowered in fear and humility, ignominy covering them (all over)! That is the Day which they were promised!
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona