سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ (1)
A challenger asked for a punishment bound to come |
لِّلْكَافِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ (2)
upon the disbelievers, which none can avert |
مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ (3)
from Allah, Lord of the pathways of ascent |
تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ (4)
by which the angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him on a Day the length of which is fifty thousand years |
فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا (5)
So be patient [O Prophet] with beautiful patience |
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا (6)
Indeed, they see this [punishment] far off |
وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا (7)
but We see it to be close at hand |
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاءُ كَالْمُهْلِ (8)
On the Day when the sky will be like molten brass |
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ (9)
and the mountains will be like dyed wool |
وَلَا يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا (10)
and no close friend will ask about another |
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ (11)
even though they will see one another. The wicked will wish he could ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by offering his children |
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ (12)
and his wife and his brother |
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِي تُؤْوِيهِ (13)
and his kindred who stood by him |
وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ (14)
and everyone on earth, just to save himself |
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ (15)
By no means! It is a raging Flame |
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ (16)
that will strip off the scalps |
تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ (17)
It will call everyone who turned their backs and disobeyed |
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰ (18)
and amassed and hoarded wealth |
۞ إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا (19)
Indeed, man was created impatient |
إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا (20)
when evil befalls him, he bewails |
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا (21)
but when good fortune comes his way, he becomes tight-fisted – |
إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ (22)
except those who pray |
الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ (23)
who are steadfast in their prayers |
وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ (24)
and who give a due share of their wealth |
لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ (25)
to the beggar and the dispossessed |
وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ (26)
and who firmly believe in the Day of Judgment |
وَالَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ (27)
and those who fear the punishment of their Lord – |
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ (28)
for none can feel secure from their Lord’s punishment – |
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ (29)
and those who guard their private parts |
إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ (30)
except from their wives or bondwomen whom they own, for then they are not to be blamed |
فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ (31)
But whoever seeks beyond that, it is they who are the transgressors |
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ (32)
and those who fulfill their trusts and pledges |
وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَ (33)
and who are upright in their testimonies |
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ (34)
and who take due care of their prayers |
أُولَٰئِكَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ (35)
they will be honored in gardens |
فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ (36)
What is the matter with the disbelievers that they are rushing towards you [O Prophet] |
عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ (37)
from the right and from the left, in crowds |
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ (38)
Does everyone of them aspire to enter a garden of bliss |
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ (39)
By no means! We have created them from what they know |
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ إِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَ (40)
I swear by the Lord of the sunrises and sunsets that We are surely Capable |
عَلَىٰ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ (41)
to replace them with others better than them, and none can escape Our decree |
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ (42)
So leave them to engage in their falsehood and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised |
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ (43)
the Day when they will rush out of their graves as if they are racing towards a goal |
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ (44)
with their eyes downcast and overwhelmed with disgrace. That is the Day that they were promised |
