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سَاَلَ سَآٮِٕلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَّاقِعٍۙ‏ ﴿۱﴾

A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall ﴾1﴿

لِّلۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ لَيۡسَ لَهٗ دَافِعٌۙ‏ ﴿۲﴾

Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel, ﴾2﴿

مِّنَ اللّٰهِ ذِىۡ الۡمَعَارِجِؕ‏ ﴿۳﴾

From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways ﴾3﴿

تَعۡرُجُ الۡمَلٰٓٮِٕكَةُ وَ الرُّوۡحُ اِلَيۡهِ فِىۡ يَوۡمٍ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهٗ خَمۡسِيۡنَ اَلۡفَ سَنَةٍ‌ۚ‏ ﴿۴﴾

(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years. ﴾4﴿

فَاصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرًا جَمِيۡلاً‏ ﴿۵﴾

But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see. ﴾5﴿

اِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهٗ بَعِيۡدًاۙ‏ ﴿۶﴾

Lo! they behold it afar off ﴾6﴿

وَنَرٰٮهُ قَرِيۡبًاؕ‏ ﴿۷﴾

While we behold it nigh: ﴾7﴿

يَوۡمَ تَكُوۡنُ السَّمَآءُ كَالۡمُهۡلِۙ‏ ﴿۸﴾

The day when the sky will become as molten copper, ﴾8﴿

وَتَكُوۡنُ الۡجِبَالُ كَالۡعِهۡنِۙ‏ ﴿۹﴾

And the hills become as flakes of wool, ﴾9﴿

وَلَا يَسۡـَٔـلُ حَمِيۡمٌ حَمِيۡمًاۚ ۖ‏ ﴿۱۰﴾

And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend ﴾10﴿

يُبَصَّرُوۡنَهُمۡ‌ؕ يَوَدُّ الۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِىۡ مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِٮِٕذٍۢ بِبَنِيۡهِۙ‏ ﴿۱۱﴾

Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children ﴾11﴿

وَ صَاحِبَتِهٖ وَاَخِيۡهِۙ‏ ﴿۱۲﴾

And his spouse and his brother ﴾12﴿

وَفَصِيۡلَتِهِ الَّتِىۡ تُــْٔوِيۡهِۙ‏ ﴿۱۳﴾

And his kin that harboured him ﴾13﴿

وَمَنۡ فِىۡ الۡاَرۡضِ جَمِيۡعًا  ۙ ثُمَّ يُنۡجِيۡهِۙ‏ ﴿۱۴﴾

And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him. ﴾14﴿

كَلَّا  ؕ اِنَّهَا لَظٰىۙ‏ ﴿۱۵﴾

But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell ﴾15﴿

نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوٰى‌ ۖ‌ۚ‏ ﴿۱۶﴾

Eager to roast; ﴾16﴿

تَدۡعُوۡا مَنۡ اَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلّٰىۙ‏ ﴿۱۷﴾

It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth), ﴾17﴿

وَجَمَعَ فَاَوۡعٰى‏ ﴿۱۸﴾

And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it. ﴾18﴿

اِنَّ الۡاِنۡسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوۡعًاۙ‏ ﴿۱۹﴾

Lo! man was created anxious, ﴾19﴿

اِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوۡعًاۙ‏ ﴿۲۰﴾

Fretful when evil befalleth him ﴾20﴿

وَاِذَا مَسَّهُ الۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوۡعًاۙ‏ ﴿۲۱﴾

And, when good befalleth him, grudging; ﴾21﴿

اِلَّا الۡمُصَلِّيۡنَۙ‏ ﴿۲۲﴾

Save worshippers. ﴾22﴿

الَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ عَلٰى صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآٮِٕمُوۡنَۙ‏ ﴿۲۳﴾

Who are constant at their worship ﴾23﴿

وَالَّذِيۡنَ فِىۡۤ اَمۡوَالِهِمۡ حَقٌّ مَّعۡلُوۡمٌۙ‏ ﴿۲۴﴾

And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged ﴾24﴿

لِّلسَّآٮِٕلِ وَالۡمَحۡرُوۡمِۙ‏ ﴿۲۵﴾

For the beggar and the destitute; ﴾25﴿

وَالَّذِيۡنَ يُصَدِّقُوۡنَ بِيَوۡمِ الدِّيۡنِۙ‏ ﴿۲۶﴾

And those who believe in the Day of Judgment, ﴾26﴿

وَالَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِمۡ مُّشۡفِقُوۡنَ‌ۚ‏ ﴿۲۷﴾

And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom - ﴾27﴿

اِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَاۡمُوۡنٍ‏ ﴿۲۸﴾

Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure - ﴾28﴿

وَالَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوۡجِهِمۡ حٰفِظُوۡنَۙ‏ ﴿۲۹﴾

And those who preserve their chastity ﴾29﴿

اِلَّا عَلٰٓى اَزۡوَاجِهِمۡ اَوۡ مَا مَلَـكَتۡ اَيۡمَانُهُمۡ فَاِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُوۡمِيۡنَ‌ۚ‏ ﴿۳۰﴾

Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy; ﴾30﴿

فَمَنِ ابۡتَغٰى وَرَآءَ ذٰلِكَ فَاُولٰٓٮِٕكَ هُمُ الۡعَادُوۡنَ‌ۚ‏ ﴿۳۱﴾

But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors; ﴾31﴿

وَالَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ لِاَمٰنٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَاعُوۡنَ ۙ‏ ﴿۳۲﴾

And those who keep their pledges and their covenant, ﴾32﴿

وَالَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ بِشَهٰدٰتِهِمۡ قَآٮِٕمُوۡنَ ۙ‏ ﴿۳۳﴾

And those who stand by their testimony ﴾33﴿

وَالَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ عَلٰى صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُوۡنَؕ‏ ﴿۳۴﴾

And those who are attentive at their worship. ﴾34﴿

اُولٰٓٮِٕكَ فِىۡ جَنّٰتٍ مُّكۡرَمُوۡنَؕ‏ ﴿۳۵﴾

These will dwell in Gardens, honoured. ﴾35﴿

فَمَالِ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِيۡنَۙ‏ ﴿۳۶﴾

What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open-eyed, ﴾36﴿

عَنِ الۡيَمِيۡنِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِيۡنَ‏ ﴿۳۷﴾

On the right and on the left, in groups? ﴾37﴿

اَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ امۡرِىۡءٍ مِّنۡهُمۡ اَنۡ يُّدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيۡمٍۙ‏ ﴿۳۸﴾

Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight? ﴾38﴿

كَلَّاؕ اِنَّا خَلَقۡنٰهُمۡ مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُوۡنَ‏ ﴿۳۹﴾

Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know. ﴾39﴿

فَلَاۤ اُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ الۡمَشٰرِقِ وَالۡمَغٰرِبِ اِنَّا لَقٰدِرُوۡنَۙ‏ ﴿۴۰﴾

But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the setting-places of the planets that We verily are Able ﴾40﴿

عَلٰٓى اَنۡ نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرًا مِّنۡهُمۡۙ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوۡقِيۡنَ‏ ﴿۴۱﴾

To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun. ﴾41﴿

فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوۡضُوۡا وَيَلۡعَبُوۡا حَتّٰى يُلٰقُوۡا يَوۡمَهُمُ الَّذِىۡ يُوۡعَدُوۡنَۙ‏ ﴿۴۲﴾

So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised, ﴾42﴿

يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُوۡنَ مِنَ الۡاَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَاَنَّهُمۡ اِلٰى نُصُبٍ يُّوۡفِضُوۡنَۙ‏ ﴿۴۳﴾

The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal, ﴾43﴿

خَاشِعَةً اَبۡصَارُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٌ   ؕ ذٰلِكَ الۡيَوۡمُ الَّذِىۡ كَانُوۡا يُوۡعَدُوۡنَ‏ ﴿۴۴﴾

With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised. ﴾44﴿