بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall
لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
Upon the disbelievers, which none can avert,
مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
From Allah, the Lord of the ways of ascent.
تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍۢ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ
TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin
The angels and the Ruh [Jibrael (Gabriel)] ascend to Him in a Day the measure whereof is fifty thousand years,
فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا
Faisbir sabran jameelan
So be patient (O Muhammad SAW), with a good patience.
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
Verily! They see it (the torment) afar off,
وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا
Wanarahu qareeban
But We see it (quite) near.
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
The Day that the sky will be like the boiling filth of oil, (or molten copper or silver or lead, etc.).
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
And the mountains will be like flakes of wool,
وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
And no friend will ask of a friend,
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi
Though they shall be made to see one another [(i.e. on the Day of Resurrection), there will be none but see his father, children and relatives, but he will neither speak to them nor will ask them for any help)], - the Mujrim, (criminal, sinner, disbeliever, etc.) would desire to ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by his children.
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
Wasahibatihi waakheehi
And his wife and his brother,
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ
Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
And his kindred who sheltered him,
وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
And all that are in the earth, so that it might save him.
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
Kalla innaha latha
By no means! Verily, it will be the Fire of Hell!
نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ
NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
Taking away (burning completely) the head skin!
تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
Calling: "[O Kafir (O disbeliever in Allah, His angels, His Book, His Messengers, Day of Resurrection and in Al-Qadar (Divine Preordainments), O Mushrik (O polytheist, disbeliever in the Oneness of Allah)] (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from Faith) [picking and swallowing them up from that great gathering of mankind (on the Day of Resurrection) just as a bird picks up a food-grain from the earth with its beak and swallows it up] [Tafsir Al-Qurtubi, Vol. 18, Page 289]
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ
WajamaAAa faawAAa
And collect (wealth) and hide it (from spending it in the Cause of Allah).
۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
Verily, man (disbeliever) was created very impatient;
إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭا
Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
Irritable (discontented) when evil touches him;
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
And niggardly when good touches him;
إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Illa almusalleena
Except those devoted to Salat (prayers)
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ
Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
Those who remain constant in their Salat (prayers);
وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ
Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
And those in whose wealth there is a known right,
لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
Lilssaili waalmahroomi
For the beggar who asks, and for the unlucky who has lost his property and wealth, (and his means of living has been straitened);
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense,
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
And those who fear the torment of their Lord,
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍۢ
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
Verily! The torment of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure,
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts from illegal sexual acts).
إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena
Except with their wives and the (women slaves and captives) whom their right hands possess, for (then) they are not to be blamed,
فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
But whosoever seeks beyond that, then it is those who are trespassers.
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
And those who keep their trusts and covenants;
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ
Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
And those who stand firm in their testimonies;
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
And those who guard their Salat (prayers) well.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ مُّكْرَمُونَ
Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
Such shall dwell in the Gardens (i.e. Paradise) honoured.
فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
So what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten to listen from you (O Muhammad SAW), in order to belie you and to mock at you, and at Allah's Book (this Quran).
عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
(Sitting) in groups on the right and on the left (of you, O Muhammad SAW)?
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍۢ
AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
Does every man of them hope to enter the Paradise of delight?
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
No, that is not like that! Verily, We have created them out of that which they know!
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona
So I swear by the Lord of all [the three hundred and sixty (360)] points of sunrise and sunset in the east and the west that surely We are Able
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
To replace them by (others) better than them; and We are not to be outrun.
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona
So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they meet their Day which they are promised.
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًۭا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍۢ يُوفِضُونَ
Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona
The Day when they will come out of the graves quickly as racing to a goal,
خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona
With their eyes lowered in fear and humility, ignominy covering them (all over)! That is the Day which they were promised!
