بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
sa-ala sāilun biʿadhābin wāqiʿin
A challenger has demanded a punishment bound to come
lil'kāfirīna laysa lahu dāfiʿun
for the disbelievers—to be averted by none—
mina l-lahi dhī l-maʿāriji
from Allah, Lord of pathways of ˹heavenly˺ ascent,
taʿruju l-malāikatu wal-rūḥu ilayhi fī yawmin kāna miq'dāruhu khamsīna alfa sanatin
˹through which˺ the angels and the ˹holy˺ spirit will ascend to Him on a Day fifty thousand years in length.
fa-iṣ'bir ṣabran jamīlan
So endure ˹this denial, O Prophet,˺ with beautiful patience.
innahum yarawnahu baʿīdan
They truly see this ˹Day˺ as impossible,
wanarāhu qarīban
but We see it as inevitable.
yawma takūnu l-samāu kal-muh'li
On that Day the sky will be like molten brass
watakūnu l-jibālu kal-ʿih'ni
and the mountains like ˹tufts of˺ wool.
walā yasalu ḥamīmun ḥamīman
And no close friend will ask ˹about˺ their friends,
yubaṣṣarūnahum yawaddu l-muj'rimu law yaftadī min ʿadhābi yawmi-idhin bibanīhi
˹although˺ they will be made to see each other. The wicked will wish to ransom themselves from the punishment of that Day by their children,
waṣāḥibatihi wa-akhīhi
their spouses, their siblings,
wafaṣīlatihi allatī tu'wīhi
their clan that sheltered them,
waman fī l-arḍi jamīʿan thumma yunjīhi
and everyone on earth altogether, just to save themselves.
kallā innahā laẓā
But no! There will certainly be a raging Flame
nazzāʿatan lilshawā
ripping off scalps.
tadʿū man adbara watawallā
It will summon whoever turned their backs ˹on Allah˺ and turned away ˹from the truth˺,
wajamaʿa fa-awʿā
and gathered and hoarded ˹wealth˺.
inna l-insāna khuliqa halūʿan
Indeed, humankind was created impatient:
idhā massahu l-sharu jazūʿan
distressed when touched with evil,
wa-idhā massahu l-khayru manūʿan
and withholding when touched with good—
illā l-muṣalīna
except those who pray,
alladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalātihim dāimūna
consistently performing their prayers;
wa-alladhīna fī amwālihim ḥaqqun maʿlūmun
and who give the rightful share of their wealth
lilssāili wal-maḥrūmi
to the beggar and the poor;
wa-alladhīna yuṣaddiqūna biyawmi l-dīni
and who ˹firmly˺ believe in the Day of Judgment;
wa-alladhīna hum min ʿadhābi rabbihim mush'fiqūna
and those who fear the punishment of their Lord—
inna ʿadhāba rabbihim ghayru mamūnin
˹knowing that˺ none should feel secure from their Lord’s punishment—
wa-alladhīna hum lifurūjihim ḥāfiẓūna
and those who guard their chastity
illā ʿalā azwājihim aw mā malakat aymānuhum fa-innahum ghayru malūmīna
except with their wives or those ˹bondwomen˺ in their possession, for then they are free from blame,
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