Chapter 70, 44 verses
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سأل سائل بعذاب واقع
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
للكافرين ليس له دافع
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
من الله ذي المعارج
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
تعرج الملائكة والروح إليه في يوم كان مقداره خمسين ألف سنة
TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin
So be patient with gracious patience.
فاصبر صبرا جميلا
Faisbir sabran jameelan
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
إنهم يرونه بعيدا
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
But We see it [as] near.
ونراه قريبا
Wanarahu qareeban
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
يوم تكون السماء كالمهل
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
And the mountains will be like wool,
وتكون الجبال كالعهن
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
ولا يسأل حميم حميما
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children
يبصرونهم ۚ يود المجرم لو يفتدي من عذاب يومئذ ببنيه
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi
And his wife and his brother
وصاحبته وأخيه
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
وفصيلته التي تؤويه
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
ومن في الأرض جميعا ثم ينجيه
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
كلا ۖ إنها لظى
Kalla innaha latha
A remover of exteriors.
نزاعة للشوى
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
تدعو من أدبر وتولى
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
وجمع فأوعى
WajamaAAa faawAAa
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
۞ إن الإنسان خلق هلوعا
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
When evil touches him, impatient,
إذا مسه الشر جزوعا
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
وإذا مسه الخير منوعا
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
Except the observers of prayer -
إلا المصلين
Illa almusalleena
Those who are constant in their prayer
الذين هم على صلاتهم دائمون
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
And those within whose wealth is a known right
والذين في أموالهم حق معلوم
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
For the petitioner and the deprived -
للسائل والمحروم
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
والذين يصدقون بيوم الدين
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
والذين هم من عذاب ربهم مشفقون
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
إن عذاب ربهم غير مأمون
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
And those who guard their private parts
والذين هم لفروجهم حافظون
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
إلا على أزواجهم أو ما ملكت أيمانهم فإنهم غير ملومين
Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
فمن ابتغى وراء ذلك فأولئك هم العادون
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
والذين هم لأماناتهم وعهدهم راعون
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who are in their testimonies upright
والذين هم بشهاداتهم قائمون
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
والذين هم على صلاتهم يحافظون
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
They will be in gardens, honored.
أولئك في جنات مكرمون
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],
فمال الذين كفروا قبلك مهطعين
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
عن اليمين وعن الشمال عزين
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
أيطمع كل امرئ منهم أن يدخل جنة نعيم
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
كلا ۖ إنا خلقناهم مما يعلمون
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able
فلا أقسم برب المشارق والمغارب إنا لقادرون
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
على أن نبدل خيرا منهم وما نحن بمسبوقين
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -
فذرهم يخوضوا ويلعبوا حتى يلاقوا يومهم الذي يوعدون
Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona
The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.
يوم يخرجون من الأجداث سراعا كأنهم إلى نصب يوفضون
Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.
خاشعة أبصارهم ترهقهم ذلة ۚ ذلك اليوم الذي كانوا يوعدون
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona