Chapter 70, 44 verses
A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall -
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سأل سائل بعذاب واقع
The Unbelievers, the which there is none to ward off, -
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
للكافرين ليس له دافع
(A Penalty) from Allah, Lord of the Ways of Ascent.
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
من الله ذي المعارج
The angels and the spirit ascend unto him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years:
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
Therefore do thou hold Patience, - a Patience of beautiful (contentment).
So be patient with gracious patience.
فاصبر صبرا جميلا
They see the (Day) indeed as a far - off (event):
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
إنهم يرونه بعيدا
But We see it (quite) near.
But We see it [as] near.
ونراه قريبا
The Day that the sky will be like molten brass,
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
يوم تكون السماء كالمهل
And the mountains will be like wool,
And the mountains will be like wool,
وتكون الجبال كالعهن
And no friend will ask after a friend,
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
ولا يسأل حميم حميما
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,
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
His wife and his brother,
And his wife and his brother
وصاحبته وأخيه
His kindred who sheltered him,
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
وفصيلته التي تؤويه
And all, all that is on earth, - so it could deliver him:
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
ومن في الأرض جميعا ثم ينجيه
By no means! for it would be the Fire of Hell! -
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
كلا ۖ إنها لظى
Plucking out (his being) right to the skull! -
A remover of exteriors.
نزاعة للشوى
Inviting (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from the Right).
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
تدعو من أدبر وتولى
And collect (wealth) and hide it (from use)!
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
وجمع فأوعى
Truly man was created very impatient; -
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
۞ إن الإنسان خلق هلوعا
Fretful when evil touches him;
When evil touches him, impatient,
إذا مسه الشر جزوعا
And niggardly when good reaches him; -
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
وإذا مسه الخير منوعا
Not so those devoted to Prayer; -
Except the observers of prayer -
إلا المصلين
Those who remain steadfast to their prayer;
Those who are constant in their prayer
الذين هم على صلاتهم دائمون
And those in whose wealth is a recognised right.
And those within whose wealth is a known right
والذين في أموالهم حق معلوم
For the (needy) who asks and him who is prevented (for some reason from asking);
For the petitioner and the deprived -
للسائل والمحروم
And those who hold to the truth of the Day of Judgment;
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
والذين يصدقون بيوم الدين
And those who fear the displeasure of their Lord, -
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
والذين هم من عذاب ربهم مشفقون
For their Lord's displeasure is the opposite of Peace and Tranquillity; -
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
إن عذاب ربهم غير مأمون
And those who guard their chastity,
And those who guard their private parts
والذين هم لفروجهم حافظون
Except with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hands possess, - for (then) they are not to be blamed,
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
But those who trespass beyond this are transgressors; -
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
فمن ابتغى وراء ذلك فأولئك هم العادون
And those who respect their trusts and covenants;
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
والذين هم لأماناتهم وعهدهم راعون
And those who stand firm in their testimonies;
And those who are in their testimonies upright
والذين هم بشهاداتهم قائمون
And those who guard (the sacredness) of their worship; -
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
والذين هم على صلاتهم يحافظون
Such will be the honoured ones in the Gardens (of Bliss).
They will be in gardens, honored.
أولئك في جنات مكرمون
Now what is the matter with the Unbelievers that they rush madly before thee -
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],
فمال الذين كفروا قبلك مهطعين
From the right and from the left, in crowds?
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
عن اليمين وعن الشمال عزين
Does every man of them long to enter the Garden of Bliss?
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
أيطمع كل امرئ منهم أن يدخل جنة نعيم
By no means! For We have created them out of the (base matter) they know!
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
كلا ۖ إنا خلقناهم مما يعلمون
Now I do call to witness the Lord of all points in the East and the West that We can certainly -
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able
فلا أقسم برب المشارق والمغارب إنا لقادرون
Substitute for them better (men) than they; And We are not to be defeated (in Our Plan).
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
على أن نبدل خيرا منهم وما نحن بمسبوقين
So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they encounter that Day of theirs which they have been promised! -
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
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 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
Their eyes lowered in dejection, - ignominy covering them (all over)! such is the Day the which they are promised!
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