سَاَلَ سَآئِلٌۭ بِعَذَابٍ وَّاقِعٍۙ‏

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

لِّلۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ لَيۡسَ لَهٗ دَافِعٌۙ‏

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer

مِّنَ اللّٰهِ ذِي الۡمَعَارِجِؕ‏

[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent

تَعۡرُجُ الۡمَلٰٓئِكَةُ وَالرُّوۡحُ اِلَيۡهِ فِيۡ يَوۡمٍ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهٗ خَمۡسِيۡنَ اَلۡفَ سَنَةٍۚ‏

The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years

فَاصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرًا جَمِيۡلًا

So be patient with gracious patience

اِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهٗ بَعِيۡدًاۙ‏

Indeed, they see it [as] distant

وَّنَرٰىهُ قَرِيۡبًاؕ‏

But We see it [as] near

يَوۡمَ تَكُوۡنُ السَّمَآءُ كَالۡمُهۡلِۙ‏

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil

وَتَكُوۡنُ الۡجِبَالُ كَالۡعِهۡنِۙ‏

And the mountains will be like wool

وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيۡمٌ حَمِيۡمًاۚۙ‏

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend

يُّبَصَّرُوۡنَهُمۡؕ يَوَدُّ الۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِيۡ مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيۡهِۙ‏

They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

وَصَاحِبَتِهٖ وَاَخِيۡهِۙ‏

And his wife and his brother

وَفَصِيۡلَتِهِ الَّتِيۡ تُـٔۡوِيۡهِۙ‏

And his nearest kindred who shelter him

وَمَنۡ فِي الۡاَرۡضِ جَمِيۡعًاۙ ثُمَّ يُنۡجِيۡهِۙ‏

And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him

كَلَّاؕ اِنَّهَا لَظٰيۙ‏

No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell]

نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوٰيۚۖ‏

A remover of exteriors

تَدۡعُوۡا مَنۡ اَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلّٰيۙ‏

It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

وَجَمَعَ فَاَوۡعٰي

And collected [wealth] and hoarded

اِنَّ الۡاِنۡسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوۡعًاۙ‏

Indeed, mankind was created anxious

اِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوۡعًاۙ‏

When evil touches him, impatient

وَّاِذَا مَسَّهُ الۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوۡعًاۙ‏

And when good touches him, withholding [of it]

اِلَّا الۡمُصَلِّيۡنَۙ‏

Except the observers of prayer

الَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ عَلٰي صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُوۡنَۙࣕ‏

Those who are constant in their prayer

وَالَّذِيۡنَ فِيۡ٘ اَمۡوَالِهِمۡ حَقٌّ مَّعۡلُوۡمٌۙࣕ‏

And those within whose wealth is a known right

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَالۡمَحۡرُوۡمِۙࣕ‏

For the petitioner and the deprived

وَالَّذِيۡنَ يُصَدِّقُوۡنَ بِيَوۡمِ الدِّيۡنِۙࣕ‏

And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

وَالَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِمۡ مُّشۡفِقُوۡنَۚ‏

And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord

اِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَاۡمُوۡنٍࣕ‏

Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe

وَالَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوۡجِهِمۡ حٰفِظُوۡنَۙ‏

And those who guard their private parts

اِلَّا عَلٰ٘ي اَزۡوَاجِهِمۡ اَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ اَيۡمَانُهُمۡ فَاِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُوۡمِيۡنَۚ‏

Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed

فَمَنِ ابۡتَغٰي وَرَآءَ ذٰلِكَ فَاُولٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الۡعٰدُوۡنَۚ‏

But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors

وَالَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ لِاَمٰنٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رٰعُوۡنَࣕۙ‏

And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

وَالَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ بِشَهٰدٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُوۡنَۙࣕ‏

And those who are in their testimonies upright

وَالَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ عَلٰي صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُوۡنَؕ‏

And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer

اُولٰٓئِكَ فِيۡ جَنّٰتٍ مُّكۡرَمُوۡنَࣖؕ‏

They will be in gardens, honored

فَمَالِ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِيۡنَۙ‏

So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad]

عَنِ الۡيَمِيۡنِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِيۡنَ

[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups

اَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ امۡرِئٍ مِّنۡهُمۡ اَنۡ يُّدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيۡمٍۙ‏

Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure

كَلَّاؕ اِنَّا خَلَقۡنٰهُمۡ مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُوۡنَ

No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know

فَلَا٘ اُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ الۡمَشٰرِقِ وَالۡمَغٰرِبِ اِنَّا لَقٰدِرُوۡنَۙ‏

So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

عَلٰ٘ي اَنۡ نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرًا مِّنۡهُمۡۙ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوۡقِيۡنَ

To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone

فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوۡضُوۡا وَيَلۡعَبُوۡا حَتّٰي يُلٰقُوۡا يَوۡمَهُمُ الَّذِيۡ يُوۡعَدُوۡنَۙ‏

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised

يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُوۡنَ مِنَ الۡاَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَاَنَّهُمۡ اِلٰي نُصُبٍ يُّوۡفِضُوۡنَۙ‏

The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening

خَاشِعَةً اَبۡصَارُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٌؕ ذٰلِكَ الۡيَوۡمُ الَّذِيۡ كَانُوۡا يُوۡعَدُوۡنَࣖ‏

Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised