English - Chapter 70 - Al-Maarij

The skeptics ask about the torment that is bound to land

Upon the unbelievers! Nothing can ward it off

(It is) from Allah, the Lord of the means of ascent (to the heavens)

The angels and the spirits rise up towards Him during a day that spans fifty thousand years

So endure (all adversity) with grace and patience

Indeed, they consider the punishment to be far in the future

While We see it close at hand

The sky that day, will be like molten copper

And the mountains like the fluffy tufts of wool

Even the closest friends would fail to inquire about (the welfare of) their close friends

Although, they would see each other! The criminal, that day, would like to escape punishment by offering his own son as ransom

His wife and his brother

And (all) relatives _ (even those) who had sheltered him (through the years)

In fact, (he would be ready to offer as ransom) every single soul on earth, if he could (in return) save himself

No! Of course not! It is a blazing inferno

And it will scald away the scalps (of the unbelievers)

It will summon (by name), all those who turned their backs and ran away (from the truth)

And amassed (wealth), and hoarded it

Indeed, man is created impatient (and fretful)

He (frets and) panics in the face of adversity

And acts niggardly when he encounters good fortune

Except those who perform ´salat´

(Successful are) those who are steadfast (prompt, and punctual) in their ´salat´

Those who accept a due share in their wealth

For people seeking (alms), and for the deprived

(Successful are) those who believe in the Day of Judgment

Those who were fearful of the torment inflicted by their Lord

Indeed, None may feel (wholly) secure and indifferent to the torment of their Lord

(Successful are) those who rein in their sexuality

Except with their spouses _ those whom their right hands possess; because then, they are not blameworthy

While those seeking anything beyond that are really the transgressors

(Successful are) those who discharged their trusts faithfully, and honor their pledges

And when they bear witness, they stand firm (and are truthful)

Those who perform their ´salat´ devotedly and diligently

Such (righteous) ones would be honored in paradise

So what is wrong with the unbelievers? Why do they run towards you

(They are ever so ready to denounce you) in groups, on the right and on the left

Does every man among them aspire to enter the blessings filled paradise

No, of course not! We have created them out of (base) matter that they know (and are familiar with)

Certainly not! I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests, that We are indeed capable

Of replacing them with (other creations) better than them. We shall certainly not be surpassed

So let them stay engrossed in their idle talks and their games, until they come to face their promised day

That day they would rush out of their graves fast, as if they were hurrying towards their goal

Their eyes shall be down cast (with shame). Humiliation and disgrace shall overwhelm them (completely). They are being promised (just) such a day