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1 Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin

1 A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall

2 Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun

2 To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

2 Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

3 Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji

3 [It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.

3 From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

4 TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin

4 The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.

4 (Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.

5 Faisbir sabran jameelan

5 So be patient with gracious patience.

5 But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.

6 Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan

6 Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

6 Lo! they behold it afar off

7 Wanarahu qareeban

7 But We see it [as] near.

7 While we behold it nigh:

8 Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli

8 On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

8 The day when the sky will become as molten copper,

9 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni

9 And the mountains will be like wool,

9 And the hills become as flakes of wool,

10 Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman

10 And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,

10 And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend

11 Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi

11 They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

11 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

12 Wasahibatihi waakheehi

12 And his wife and his brother

12 And his spouse and his brother

13 Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi

13 And his nearest kindred who shelter him

13 And his kin that harboured him

14 Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi

14 And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.

14 And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.

15 Kalla innaha latha

15 No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],

15 But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell

16 NazzaAAatan lilshshawa

16 A remover of exteriors.

16 Eager to roast;

17 TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

17 It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

17 It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),

18 WajamaAAa faawAAa

18 And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

18 And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.

19 Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan

19 Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

19 Lo! man was created anxious,

20 Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan

20 When evil touches him, impatient,

20 Fretful when evil befalleth him

21 Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan

21 And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

21 And, when good befalleth him, grudging;

22 Illa almusalleena

22 Except the observers of prayer -

22 Save worshippers.

23 Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona

23 Those who are constant in their prayer

23 Who are constant at their worship

24 Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun

24 And those within whose wealth is a known right

24 And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

25 Lilssaili waalmahroomi

25 For the petitioner and the deprived -

25 For the beggar and the destitute;

26 Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni

26 And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

26 And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

27 Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona

27 And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -

27 And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -

28 Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin

28 Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -

28 Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -

29 Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona

29 And those who guard their private parts

29 And those who preserve their chastity

30 Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena

30 Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -

30 Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;

31 Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona

31 But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -

31 But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;

32 Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona

32 And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

32 And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,

33 Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona

33 And those who are in their testimonies upright

33 And those who stand by their testimony

34 Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona

34 And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

34 And those who are attentive at their worship.

35 Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona

35 They will be in gardens, honored.

35 These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

36 Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena

36 So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],

36 What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open - eyed,

37 AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena

37 [To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?

37 On the right and on the left, in groups ?

38 AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin

38 Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?

38 Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight ?

39 Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona

39 No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.

39 Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.

40 Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona

40 So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

40 But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising - places and the setting - places of the planets that We verily are Able

41 AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena

41 To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.

41 To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.

42 Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona

42 So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -

42 So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,

43 Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona

43 The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.

43 The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,

44 KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona

44 Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.

44 With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.