Chapter 70, 44 verses
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سأل سائل بعذاب واقع
A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall -
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
للكافرين ليس له دافع
The Unbelievers, the which there is none to ward off, -
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
من الله ذي المعارج
(A Penalty) from Allah, Lord of the Ways of Ascent.
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin
تعرج الملائكة والروح إليه في يوم كان مقداره خمسين ألف سنة
The angels and the spirit ascend unto him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years:
So be patient with gracious patience.
Faisbir sabran jameelan
فاصبر صبرا جميلا
Therefore do thou hold Patience, - a Patience of beautiful (contentment).
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
إنهم يرونه بعيدا
They see the (Day) indeed as a far - off (event):
But We see it [as] near.
Wanarahu qareeban
ونراه قريبا
But We see it (quite) near.
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
يوم تكون السماء كالمهل
The Day that the sky will be like molten brass,
And the mountains will be like wool,
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
وتكون الجبال كالعهن
And the mountains will be like wool,
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
ولا يسأل حميم حميما
And no friend will ask after a friend,
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi
يبصرونهم ۚ يود المجرم لو يفتدي من عذاب يومئذ ببنيه
Though they will be put in sight of each other, - the sinner's desire will be: Would that he could redeem himself from the Penalty of that Day by (sacrificing) his children,
And his wife and his brother
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
وصاحبته وأخيه
His wife and his brother,
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
وفصيلته التي تؤويه
His kindred who sheltered him,
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
ومن في الأرض جميعا ثم ينجيه
And all, all that is on earth, - so it could deliver him:
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
Kalla innaha latha
كلا ۖ إنها لظى
By no means! for it would be the Fire of Hell! -
A remover of exteriors.
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
نزاعة للشوى
Plucking out (his being) right to the skull! -
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
تدعو من أدبر وتولى
Inviting (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from the Right).
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
WajamaAAa faawAAa
وجمع فأوعى
And collect (wealth) and hide it (from use)!
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
۞ إن الإنسان خلق هلوعا
Truly man was created very impatient; -
When evil touches him, impatient,
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
إذا مسه الشر جزوعا
Fretful when evil touches him;
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
وإذا مسه الخير منوعا
And niggardly when good reaches him; -
Except the observers of prayer -
Illa almusalleena
إلا المصلين
Not so those devoted to Prayer; -
Those who are constant in their prayer
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
الذين هم على صلاتهم دائمون
Those who remain steadfast to their prayer;
And those within whose wealth is a known right
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
والذين في أموالهم حق معلوم
And those in whose wealth is a recognised right.
For the petitioner and the deprived -
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
للسائل والمحروم
For the (needy) who asks and him who is prevented (for some reason from asking);
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
والذين يصدقون بيوم الدين
And those who hold to the truth of the Day of Judgment;
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
والذين هم من عذاب ربهم مشفقون
And those who fear the displeasure of their Lord, -
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
إن عذاب ربهم غير مأمون
For their Lord's displeasure is the opposite of Peace and Tranquillity; -
And those who guard their private parts
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
والذين هم لفروجهم حافظون
And those who guard their chastity,
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena
إلا على أزواجهم أو ما ملكت أيمانهم فإنهم غير ملومين
Except with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hands possess, - for (then) they are not to be blamed,
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
فمن ابتغى وراء ذلك فأولئك هم العادون
But those who trespass beyond this are transgressors; -
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
والذين هم لأماناتهم وعهدهم راعون
And those who respect their trusts and covenants;
And those who are in their testimonies upright
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
والذين هم بشهاداتهم قائمون
And those who stand firm in their testimonies;
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
والذين هم على صلاتهم يحافظون
And those who guard (the sacredness) of their worship; -
They will be in gardens, honored.
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
أولئك في جنات مكرمون
Such will be the honoured ones in the Gardens (of Bliss).
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
فمال الذين كفروا قبلك مهطعين
Now what is the matter with the Unbelievers that they rush madly before thee -
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
عن اليمين وعن الشمال عزين
From the right and from the left, in crowds?
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
أيطمع كل امرئ منهم أن يدخل جنة نعيم
Does every man of them long to enter the Garden of Bliss?
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
كلا ۖ إنا خلقناهم مما يعلمون
By no means! For We have created them out of the (base matter) they know!
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona
فلا أقسم برب المشارق والمغارب إنا لقادرون
Now I do call to witness the Lord of all points in the East and the West that We can certainly -
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
على أن نبدل خيرا منهم وما نحن بمسبوقين
Substitute for them better (men) than they; And We are not to be defeated (in Our Plan).
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -
Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona
فذرهم يخوضوا ويلعبوا حتى يلاقوا يومهم الذي يوعدون
So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they encounter that Day of theirs which they have been promised! -
The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.
Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona
يوم يخرجون من الأجداث سراعا كأنهم إلى نصب يوفضون
The Day whereon they will issue from their sepulchres in sudden haste as if they were rushing to a goal - post (fixed for them), -
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona
خاشعة أبصارهم ترهقهم ذلة ۚ ذلك اليوم الذي كانوا يوعدون
Their eyes lowered in dejection, - ignominy covering them (all over)! such is the Day the which they are promised!