بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ سَأَلَ سائِلٌ بِعَذابٍ واقِعٍ
A questioner asked for a punishment bound to happen.
لِلكافِرينَ لَيسَ لَهُ دافِعٌ
For the unbelievers, there is none to avert it.
مِنَ اللَّهِ ذِي المَعارِجِ
From God, the Lord of the ascending pathways.
تَعرُجُ المَلائِكَةُ وَالرّوحُ إِلَيهِ في يَومٍ كانَ مِقدارُهُ خَمسينَ أَلفَ سَنَةٍ
The angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him, on a Day that spans fifty thousand years.
فَاصبِر صَبرًا جَميلًا
So, be patient with a beautiful patience.
إِنَّهُم يَرَونَهُ بَعيدًا
They perceive it as far off.
وَنَراهُ قَريبًا
But We see it as near.
يَومَ تَكونُ السَّماءُ كَالمُهلِ
On that Day, the sky will resemble molten copper.
وَتَكونُ الجِبالُ كَالعِهنِ
And the mountains will appear like tufts of wool.
وَلا يَسأَلُ حَميمٌ حَميمًا
No friend will ask of a friend.
يُبَصَّرونَهُم ۚ يَوَدُّ المُجرِمُ لَو يَفتَدي مِن عَذابِ يَومِئِذٍ بِبَنيهِ
Although they will be shown to each other, the criminal would wish to ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by offering his children.
وَصاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخيهِ
And his girlfriend and his brother.
وَفَصيلَتِهِ الَّتي تُؤويهِ
And his family that sheltered him.
وَمَن فِي الأَرضِ جَميعًا ثُمَّ يُنجيهِ
And all the people on earth, if it would only save him.
كَلّا ۖ إِنَّها لَظىٰ
No indeed! It is a blazing flame.
نَزّاعَةً لِلشَّوىٰ
Stripping away the scalps.
تَدعو مَن أَدبَرَ وَتَوَلّىٰ
Calling those who turned their backs and fled.
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوعىٰ
And hoarded and stored away.
إِنَّ الإِنسانَ خُلِقَ هَلوعًا
Man was created anxious.
إِذا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزوعًا
Agitated when misfortune touches him.
وَإِذا مَسَّهُ الخَيرُ مَنوعًا
And tight-fisted when good reaches him.
إِلَّا المُصَلّينَ
Except for those who pray.
الَّذينَ هُم عَلىٰ صَلاتِهِم دائِمونَ
Who remain constant in their prayers.
وَالَّذينَ في أَموالِهِم حَقٌّ مَعلومٌ
And in whose wealth is a known right.
لِلسّائِلِ وَالمَحرومِ
For the asker and the deprived.
وَالَّذينَ يُصَدِّقونَ بِيَومِ الدّينِ
And those who affirm the Day of Judgment.
وَالَّذينَ هُم مِن عَذابِ رَبِّهِم مُشفِقونَ
And those who fear their Lord’s punishment.
إِنَّ عَذابَ رَبِّهِم غَيرُ مَأمونٍ
Their Lord’s punishment isn’t to be underestimated.
وَالَّذينَ هُم لِفُروجِهِم حافِظونَ
And those who guard their purity.
إِلّا عَلىٰ أَزواجِهِم أَو ما مَلَكَت أَيمانُهُم فَإِنَّهُم غَيرُ مَلومينَ
Except for their spouses and those they rightfully possess, for then they are not to be blamed.
فَمَنِ ابتَغىٰ وَراءَ ذٰلِكَ فَأُولـٰئِكَ هُمُ العادونَ
But those who seek anything beyond that are the trespassers.
وَالَّذينَ هُم لِأَماناتِهِم وَعَهدِهِم راعونَ
And those who keep to their trusts and promises.
وَالَّذينَ هُم بِشَهاداتِهِم قائِمونَ
And those who stand by their testimonies.
وَالَّذينَ هُم عَلىٰ صَلاتِهِم يُحافِظونَ
And those who are diligent in their prayers.
أُولـٰئِكَ في جَنّاتٍ مُكرَمونَ
These will be in Gardens, honored.
فَمالِ الَّذينَ كَفَروا قِبَلَكَ مُهطِعينَ
So, why do these unbelievers rush headlong towards you, from every direction?
عَنِ اليَمينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمالِ عِزينَ
From the right and from the left, in droves?
أَيَطمَعُ كُلُّ امرِئٍ مِنهُم أَن يُدخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعيمٍ
Does each one of them aspire to be admitted into a Garden of Bliss?
كَلّا ۖ إِنّا خَلَقناهُم مِمّا يَعلَمونَ
No indeed! We created them from what they know.
فَلا أُقسِمُ بِرَبِّ المَشارِقِ وَالمَغارِبِ إِنّا لَقادِرونَ
By the Lord of the sunrises and the sunsets, We are Able.
عَلىٰ أَن نُبَدِّلَ خَيرًا مِنهُم وَما نَحنُ بِمَسبوقينَ
To replace them with others better than them. We are not overtaken.
فَذَرهُم يَخوضوا وَيَلعَبوا حَتّىٰ يُلاقوا يَومَهُمُ الَّذي يوعَدونَ
So, let them indulge and play until they encounter their promised Day.
يَومَ يَخرُجونَ مِنَ الأَجداثِ سِراعًا كَأَنَّهُم إِلىٰ نُصُبٍ يوفِضونَ
The Day they will rush out from the graves, as if they were racing towards a goal post.
خاشِعَةً أَبصارُهُم تَرهَقُهُم ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذٰلِكَ اليَومُ الَّذي كانوا يوعَدونَ
Their eyes will be humbled, humiliation will overshadow them. This is the Day they were promised.