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