بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ سَأَلَ سَاۤىِٕلُۢ بِعَذَابࣲ وَاقِعࣲ

A questioner asked of a chastisement about to fall

لِّلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ لَیۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعࣱ

for the unbelievers, which none may avert,

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِی ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ

from God, the Lord of the Stairways.

تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَیۡهِ فِی یَوۡمࣲ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِینَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةࣲ

To Him the angels and the Spirit mount up, in a day whereof the measure is fifty thousand years.

فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرࣰا جَمِیلًا

So be thou patient with a sweet patience;

إِنَّهُمۡ یَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِیدࣰا

behold, they see it as if far off;

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِیبࣰا

but We see it is nigh.

یَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ

Upon the day when heaven shall be as molten copper

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ

and the mountains shall be as plucked wool-tufts,

وَلَا یَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِیمٌ حَمِیمࣰا

no loyal friend shall question loyal friend,

یُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ یَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ یَفۡتَدِی مِنۡ عَذَابِ یَوۡمِىِٕذِۭ بِبَنِیهِ

as they are given sight of them. The sinner will wish that he might ransom himself from the chastisement of that day even by his sons,

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِیهِ

his companion wife, his brother,

وَفَصِیلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِی تُـٔۡوِیهِ

his kin who sheltered him,

وَمَن فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِیعࣰا ثُمَّ یُنجِیهِ

and whosoever is in the earth, all together, so that then it might deliver him.

كَلَّاۤۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

Nay, verily it is a furnace

نَزَّاعَةࣰ لِّلشَّوَىٰ

snatching away the scalp,

تَدۡعُوا۟ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

calling him who drew back and turned away,

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰۤ

who amassed and hoarded.

۞ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

Surely man was created fretful,

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعࣰا

when evil visits him, impatient,

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَیۡرُ مَنُوعًا

when good visits him, grudging,

إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّینَ

save those that pray

ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَاۤىِٕمُونَ

and continue at their prayers,

وَٱلَّذِینَ فِیۤ أَمۡوَ ٰ⁠لِهِمۡ حَقࣱّ مَّعۡلُومࣱ

those in whose wealth is a right known

لِّلسَّاۤىِٕلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ

for the beggar and the outcast,

وَٱلَّذِینَ یُصَدِّقُونَ بِیَوۡمِ ٱلدِّینِ

who confirm the Day of Doom

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ

and go in fear of the chastisement of their Lord

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَیۡرُ مَأۡمُونࣲ

(from their Lord's chastisement none feels secure)

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَـٰفِظُونَ

and guard their private parts

إِلَّا عَلَىٰۤ أَزۡوَ ٰ⁠جِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَیۡمَـٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَیۡرُ مَلُومِینَ

save from their wives and what their right hands own, then not being blameworthy

فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَاۤءَ ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ

(but whoso seeks after more than that, they are the transgressors),

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَ ٰ⁠عُونَ

and who preserve their trusts and their covenant,

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَ ٰ⁠تِهِمۡ قَاۤىِٕمُونَ

and perform their witnessings,

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ یُحَافِظُونَ

and who observe their prayers.

أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ مُّكۡرَمُونَ

Those shall be in Gardens, high-honoured.

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِینَ

What ails the unbelievers, running with outstretched necks

عَنِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِینَ

towards thee on the right hand and on the left hand in knots?

أَیَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِئࣲ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن یُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِیمࣲ

What, is every man of them eager to be admitted to a Garden of Bliss?

كَلَّاۤۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا یَعۡلَمُونَ

Not so; for We have created them of what they know.

فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ

No! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and Wests, surely We are able

عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَیۡرࣰا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِینَ

to substitute a better than they; We shall not be outstripped.

فَذَرۡهُمۡ یَخُوضُوا۟ وَیَلۡعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ یُلَـٰقُوا۟ یَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِی یُوعَدُونَ

Then leave them alone to plunge and play until they encounter that day of theirs which they are promised,

یَوۡمَ یَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعࣰا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبࣲ یُوفِضُونَ

the day they shall come forth from the tombs hastily, as if they were hurrying unto a waymark,

خَـٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَـٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةࣱۚ ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ ٱلۡیَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِی كَانُوا۟ یُوعَدُونَ

humbled their eyes, overspreading them abasement. That is the day which they were promised.