سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ١

A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall

Saala sa-ilun biAAathabin waqiAA

لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ٢

Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAA

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ٣

From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

Mina Allahi thee almaAAarij

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ٤

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

TaAAruju almala-ikatu warroohuilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfasana

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا٥

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

Fasbir sabran jameela

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا٦

Lo! they behold it afar off

Innahum yarawnahu baAAeeda

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا٧

While we behold it nigh:

Wanarahu qareeba

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ٨

The day when the sky will become as molten copper,

Yawma takoonu assamao kalmuhl

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ٩

And the hills become as flakes of wool,

Watakoonu aljibalu kalAAihn

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا١٠

And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend

Wala yas-alu hameemun hameema

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ١١

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

Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu lawyaftadee min AAathabi yawmi-ithin bibaneeh

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ١٢

And his spouse and his brother

Wasahibatihi waakheeh

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ١٣

And his kin that harboured him

Wafaseelatihi allatee tu/weeh

وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ١٤

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

Waman fee al-ardi jameeAAan thummayunjeeh

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ١٥

But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell

Kalla innaha latha

نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ١٦

Eager to roast;

NazzaAAatan lishshawa

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ١٧

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

TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ١٨

And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.

WajamaAAa faawAAa

۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا١٩

Lo! man was created anxious,

Inna al-insana khuliqa halooAAa

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا٢٠

Fretful when evil befalleth him

Itha massahu ashsharrujazooAAa

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا٢١

And, when good befalleth him, grudging;

Wa-itha massahu alkhayru manooAAa

إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ٢٢

Save worshippers.

Illa almusalleen

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ٢٣

Who are constant at their worship

Allatheena hum AAala salatihimda-imoon

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ٢٤

And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

Wallatheena fee amwalihimhaqqun maAAloom

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ٢٥

For the beggar and the destitute;

Lissa-ili walmahroom

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ٢٦

And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

Wallatheena yusaddiqoonabiyawmi addeen

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ٢٧

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

Wallatheena hum min AAathabirabbihim mushfiqoon

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ٢٨

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

Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru ma/moon

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ٢٩

And those who preserve their chastity

Wallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoon

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ٣٠

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

Illa AAala azwajihim awma malakat aymanuhum fa-innahum ghayru maloomeen

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ٣١

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

Famani ibtagha waraa thalikafaola-ika humu alAAadoon

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ٣٢

And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,

Wallatheena hum li-amanatihimwaAAahdihim raAAoon

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ٣٣

And those who stand by their testimony

Wallatheena hum bishahadatihimqa-imoon

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ٣٤

And those who are attentive at their worship.

Wallatheena hum AAala salatihimyuhafithoon

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ٣٥

These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

Ola-ika fee jannatin mukramoon

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ٣٦

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

Famali allatheena kafarooqibalaka muhtiAAeen

عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ٣٧

On the right and on the left, in groups?

AAani alyameeni waAAani ashshimaliAAizeen

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ٣٨

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

AyatmaAAu kullu imri-in minhum anyudkhala jannata naAAeem

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ٣٩

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

Kalla inna khalaqnahummimma yaAAlamoon

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ٤٠

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

Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqiwalmagharibi inna laqadiroon

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ٤١

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

AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wamanahnu bimasbooqeen

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ٤٢

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

Fatharhum yakhoodoowayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allatheeyooAAadoon

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ٤٣

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

Yawma yakhrujoona mina al-ajdathi siraAAankaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoon

خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ٤٤

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

KhashiAAatan absaruhumtarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allatheekanoo yooAAadoon