سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ۝١

1One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall

لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ۝٢

2The unbelievers-- there is none to avert it--

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ۝٣

3From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent.

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ۝٤

4To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years.

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا۝٥

5Therefore endure with a goodly patience.

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا۝٦

6Surely they think it to be far off,

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا۝٧

7And We see it nigh.

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ۝٨

8On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ۝٩

9And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا۝١٠

10And friend shall not ask of friend

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ۝١١

11(Though) they shall be made to see each other. The guilty one would fain redeem himself from the chastisement of that day by (sacrificing) his children,

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ۝١٢

12And his wife and his brother

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ۝١٣

13And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,

وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ۝١٤

14And all those that are in the earth, (wishing) then (that) this might deliver him.

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ۝١٥

15By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire

نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ۝١٦

16Dragging by the head,

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ۝١٧

17It shall claim him who turned and fled (from truth),

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ۝١٨

18And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.

إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا۝١٩

19Surely man is created of a hasty temperament

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا۝٢٠

20Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا۝٢١

21And niggardly when good befalls him

إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ۝٢٢

22Except those who pray,

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ۝٢٣

23Those who are constant at their prayer

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ۝٢٤

24And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion.

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ۝٢٥

25For him who begs and for him who is denied (good)

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ۝٢٦

26And those who accept the truth of the judgment day

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ۝٢٧

27And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord--

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ۝٢٨

28Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure of--

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ۝٢٩

29And those who guard their private parts,

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ۝٣٠

30Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess-- for these surely are not to be blamed,

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ۝٣١

31But he who seeks to go beyond this, these it is that go beyond the limits--

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ۝٣٢

32And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ۝٣٣

33And those who are upright in their testimonies,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ۝٣٤

34And those who keep a guard on their prayer,

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ۝٣٥

35Those shall be in gardens, honored.

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ۝٣٦

36But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten on around you,

عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ۝٣٧

37On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties?

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ۝٣٨

38Does every man of them desire that he should be made to enter the garden of bliss?

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ۝٣٩

39By no means! Surely We have created them of what they know.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ۝٤٠

40But nay! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly able

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ۝٤١

41To bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome.

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ۝٤٢

42Therefore leave them alone to go on with the false discourses and to sport until they come face to face with that day of theirs with which they are threatened;

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ۝٤٣

43The day on which they shall come forth from their graves in haste, as if they were hastening on to a goal,

خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ۝٤٤

44Their eyes cast down; disgrace shall overtake them; that is the day which they were threatened with.