English - Chapter 70 - Al-Maarij

There hath asked an asker for the torment about to befall

From Allah, Owner of the ascending steps

Whereby the angels ascend Unto Him and also the spirit, On a Day whereof the measure is fifty thousand years

Wherefore be thou patient with a becoming patience

Verily they behold it afar off

And We behold it nigh

It shall befall on a Day whereon the heaven shall become like Unto dregs of oil

And then the mountains shall become like Unto wool dyed

And not a friend shall ask a friend

Though they shall be made to see one another. Fain would the guilty ransom himself from the torment of that Day by his children

And his spouse and his brother

And his kin that sheltered him

And all who are on the earth; so that this might deliver him

By no means! Verily it is a Flame

Flaying off the scalp-skin

It shall calll him who turneth back and backslideth

And masseth and then hoardeth

Verily man is formed impatient

When evil toucheth him, he is bewailing

And when good toucheth him he is begrudging

Not so are the prayerful

Who are at their prayer constant

And those in whose riches is a known right

For the beggar and the destitute

And those who testify to the Day of Requital

And those who are fearful of their Lord's torment

Verily the torment of their Lord is not a thing to feel secure from

And those who of their private parts are guards

Save in regard to their spouses or those whom their right hands own; so verily they are not blameworthy

And whosoever seeketh beyond that, then it is those who are the trespassers

And those who of their trusts and their covenant are keepers

And those who stand firm in their testimonies

And those who of their prayer are observant

Those shall dwell in Gardens, honoured

What aileth those who disbelieve, toward thee hastening

On the right and on the left, in companies

Coveteth every man of them, that he shall enter the Garden of Delight

By no means! veriiy We! We have created them from that which they know

I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests, that, vierly We are Able

To replace them by others better than they; and We are not to be outrun

Wherefore let thou them alone plunging in vanity and sporting until they meet their Day which they are promised

The Day whereon they shall come forth from the sepulchres hastily, as though they were to an altar hurrying

Downcast shall be their looks; abjectness shall overspread them. Such is the Day which they are promised