In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.
Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem
A petitioner asked about a punishment to come
Saala sa-ilun biAAathabin waqiAA
To the false claimers of guidance — there is none to avert it —
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAA
From God, Owner of the Means of Ascent: —
Mina Allahi thee almaAAarij
The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day the measure whereof is fifty thousand years
TaAAruju almala-ikatu warroohuilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfasana
The day the sky will be like molten brass,
Yawma takoonu assamao kalmuhl
And no loyal friend will ask of a loyal friend.
Wala yas-alu hameemun hameema
They will be given sight of them: — the lawbreaker will wish that should he be ransomed from the punishment of that day by his sons,
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu lawyaftadee min AAathabi yawmi-ithin bibaneeh
And his kinsmen who sheltered him,
Wafaseelatihi allatee tu/weeh
And whoso is in the earth all together — then might it deliver him.
Waman fee al-ardi jameeAAan thummayunjeeh
Calling him who turned and went away
TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
— When evil touches him, impatient,
Itha massahu ashsharrujazooAAa
And when good touches him, withholding —
Wa-itha massahu alkhayru manooAAa
Those who are constant in their duty,
Allatheena hum AAala salatihimda-imoon
And those in whose wealth is a due known
Wallatheena fee amwalihimhaqqun maAAloom
And are those who confirm the Day of Judgment,
Wallatheena yusaddiqoonabiyawmi addeen
And are those who, of the punishment of their Lord, are in dread,
Wallatheena hum min AAathabirabbihim mushfiqoon
(The punishment of their Lord is not that from which there is safety)
Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru ma/moon
And are those who preserve their chastity
Wallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoon
Save with their wives, or what their right hands possess — for then are they not blameworthy,
Illa AAala azwajihim awma malakat aymanuhum fa-innahum ghayru maloomeen
(But whoso seeks beyond that: it is they who are the transgressors)
Famani ibtagha waraa thalikafaola-ika humu alAAadoon
And are those who are to their trusts and their covenant attentive,
Wallatheena hum li-amanatihimwaAAahdihim raAAoon
And are those who, in their witness, are upright,
Wallatheena hum bishahadatihimqa-imoon
And are those who preserve their duty:
Wallatheena hum AAala salatihimyuhafithoon
Those are in gardens, honoured.
Ola-ika fee jannatin mukramoon
Then what ails those who ignore warning that they, before thee, are straining forward
Famali allatheena kafarooqibalaka muhtiAAeen
On the right, and on the left, in separate groups?
AAani alyameeni waAAani ashshimaliAAizeen
Does every man among them hope to be made to enter a garden of bliss?
AyatmaAAu kullu imri-in minhum anyudkhala jannata naAAeem
No, indeed! We have created them from what they know.
Kalla inna khalaqnahummimma yaAAlamoon
Then do I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are able
Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqiwalmagharibi inna laqadiroon
To exchange them for better than they; and We will not be outdone.
AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wamanahnu bimasbooqeen
So leave thou them to discourse vainly and play until they meet their day which they are promised:
Fatharhum yakhoodoowayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allatheeyooAAadoon
The day they will come forth from the graves in haste, as though towards an idol, running,
Yawma yakhrujoona mina al-ajdathi siraAAankaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoon
Their eyes humbled, humiliation covering them. That is the day which they are promised.
KhashiAAatan absaruhumtarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allatheekanoo yooAAadoon