Chapter 70, 44 verses
A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall -
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
The Unbelievers, the which there is none to ward off, -
Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
(A Penalty) from Allah, Lord of the Ways of Ascent.
From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
The angels and the spirit ascend unto him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years:
(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.
TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin
Therefore do thou hold Patience, - a Patience of beautiful (contentment).
But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.
Faisbir sabran jameelan
They see the (Day) indeed as a far - off (event):
Lo! they behold it afar off
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
But We see it (quite) near.
While we behold it nigh:
Wanarahu qareeban
The Day that the sky will be like molten brass,
The day when the sky will become as molten copper,
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
And the mountains will be like wool,
And the hills become as flakes of wool,
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And no friend will ask after a friend,
And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
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,
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
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi
His wife and his brother,
And his spouse and his brother
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
His kindred who sheltered him,
And his kin that harboured him
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
And all, all that is on earth, - so it could deliver him:
And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
By no means! for it would be the Fire of Hell! -
But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell
Kalla innaha latha
Plucking out (his being) right to the skull! -
Eager to roast;
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
Inviting (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from the Right).
It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
And collect (wealth) and hide it (from use)!
And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.
WajamaAAa faawAAa
Truly man was created very impatient; -
Lo! man was created anxious,
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
Fretful when evil touches him;
Fretful when evil befalleth him
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
And niggardly when good reaches him; -
And, when good befalleth him, grudging;
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
Not so those devoted to Prayer; -
Save worshippers.
Illa almusalleena
Those who remain steadfast to their prayer;
Who are constant at their worship
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
And those in whose wealth is a recognised right.
And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
For the (needy) who asks and him who is prevented (for some reason from asking);
For the beggar and the destitute;
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
And those who hold to the truth of the Day of Judgment;
And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
And those who fear the displeasure of their Lord, -
And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
For their Lord's displeasure is the opposite of Peace and Tranquillity; -
Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
And those who guard their chastity,
And those who preserve their chastity
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
Except with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hands possess, - for (then) they are not to be blamed,
Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;
Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena
But those who trespass beyond this are transgressors; -
But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
And those who respect their trusts and covenants;
And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who stand firm in their testimonies;
And those who stand by their testimony
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who guard (the sacredness) of their worship; -
And those who are attentive at their worship.
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
Such will be the honoured ones in the Gardens (of Bliss).
These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
Now what is the matter with the Unbelievers that they rush madly before thee -
What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open - eyed,
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
From the right and from the left, in crowds?
On the right and on the left, in groups ?
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
Does every man of them long to enter the Garden of Bliss?
Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight ?
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
By no means! For We have created them out of the (base matter) they know!
Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
Now I do call to witness the Lord of all points in the East and the West that We can certainly -
But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising - places and the setting - places of the planets that We verily are Able
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona
Substitute for them better (men) than they; And We are not to be defeated (in Our Plan).
To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they encounter that Day of theirs which they have been promised! -
So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,
Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona
The Day whereon they will issue from their sepulchres in sudden haste as if they were rushing to a goal - post (fixed for them), -
The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,
Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona
Their eyes lowered in dejection, - ignominy covering them (all over)! such is the Day the which they are promised!
With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona