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
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
للكافرين ليس له دافع
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
من الله ذي المعارج
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
So be patient with gracious patience.
Faisbir sabran jameelan
فاصبر صبرا جميلا
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
إنهم يرونه بعيدا
But We see it [as] near.
Wanarahu qareeban
ونراه قريبا
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
يوم تكون السماء كالمهل
And the mountains will be like wool,
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
وتكون الجبال كالعهن
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
ولا يسأل حميم حميما
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
And his wife and his brother
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
وصاحبته وأخيه
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
وفصيلته التي تؤويه
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
ومن في الأرض جميعا ثم ينجيه
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
Kalla innaha latha
كلا ۖ إنها لظى
A remover of exteriors.
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
نزاعة للشوى
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
تدعو من أدبر وتولى
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
WajamaAAa faawAAa
وجمع فأوعى
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
۞ إن الإنسان خلق هلوعا
When evil touches him, impatient,
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
إذا مسه الشر جزوعا
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
وإذا مسه الخير منوعا
Except the observers of prayer -
Illa almusalleena
إلا المصلين
Those who are constant in their prayer
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
الذين هم على صلاتهم دائمون
And those within whose wealth is a known right
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
والذين في أموالهم حق معلوم
For the petitioner and the deprived -
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
للسائل والمحروم
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
والذين يصدقون بيوم الدين
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
والذين هم من عذاب ربهم مشفقون
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
إن عذاب ربهم غير مأمون
And those who guard their private parts
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
والذين هم لفروجهم حافظون
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
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
فمن ابتغى وراء ذلك فأولئك هم العادون
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
والذين هم لأماناتهم وعهدهم راعون
And those who are in their testimonies upright
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
والذين هم بشهاداتهم قائمون
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
والذين هم على صلاتهم يحافظون
They will be in gardens, honored.
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
أولئك في جنات مكرمون
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
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
عن اليمين وعن الشمال عزين
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
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
كلا ۖ إنا خلقناهم مما يعلمون
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
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
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
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
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