بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ

There hath asked an asker for the torment about to befall.

لِلْكَافِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ

The infidels, of which there is no averter.

مِنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ

From Allah, Owner of the ascending steps.

تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ

Whereby the angels ascend Unto Him and also the spirit, On a Day whereof the measure is fifty thousand years.

فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا

Wherefore be thou patient with a becoming patience.

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا

Verily they behold it afar off.

وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا

And We behold it nigh.

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاءُ كَالْمُهْلِ

It shall befall on a Day whereon the heaven shall become like Unto dregs of oil.

وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ

And then the mountains shall become like Unto wool dyed.

وَلَا يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا

And not a friend shall ask a friend,

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ

Though they shall be made to see one another. Fain would the guilty ransom himself from the torment of that Day by his children.

وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ

And his spouse and his brother.

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِي تُؤْوِيهِ

And his kin that sheltered him.

وَمَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنْجِيهِ

And all who are on the earth; so that this might deliver him.

كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

By no means! Verily it is a Flame.

نَزَّاعَةً لِلشَّوَىٰ

Flaying off the scalp-skin.

تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

It shall calll him who turneth back and backslideth.

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰ

And masseth and then hoardeth.

۞ إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

Verily man is formed impatient.

إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا

When evil toucheth him, he is bewailing.

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

And when good toucheth him he is begrudging.

إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ

Not so are the prayerful.

الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ

Who are at their prayer constant.

وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَعْلُومٌ

And those in whose riches is a known right.

لِلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ

For the beggar and the destitute.

وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ

And those who testify to the Day of Requital.

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِمْ مُشْفِقُونَ

And those who are fearful of their Lord's torment -

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ

Verily the torment of their Lord is not a thing to feel secure from.

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ

And those who of their private parts are guards.

إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

Save in regard to their spouses or those whom their right hands own; so verily they are not blameworthy -

فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ

And whosoever seeketh beyond that, then it is those who are the trespassers

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ

And those who of their trusts and their covenant are keepers.

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَ

And those who stand firm in their testimonies.

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

And those who of their prayer are observant.

أُولَٰئِكَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ مُكْرَمُونَ

Those shall dwell in Gardens, honoured.

فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ

What aileth those who disbelieve, toward thee hastening.

عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

On the right and on the left, in companies?

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ

Coveteth every man of them, that he shall enter the Garden of Delight?

كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُمْ مِمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

By no means! veriiy We! We have created them from that which they know.

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ إِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَ

I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests, that, vierly We are Able.

عَلَىٰ أَنْ نُبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

To replace them by others better than they; and We are not to be outrun.

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ

Wherefore let thou them alone plunging in vanity and sporting until they meet their Day which they are promised.

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ

The Day whereon they shall come forth from the sepulchres hastily, as though they were to an altar hurrying.

خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ

Downcast shall be their looks; abjectness shall overspread them. Such is the Day which they are promised.