English - Chapter 70 - Al-Maarij

A questioner asked you about the punishment which is bound to happen

It is for the disbelievers and there is none to avert it

It will come from Allah, the Owner of the Ways of Ascent

The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a Day the measure of which is fifty thousand years

Therefore, endure with graceful patience

They see it (Day of Judgment) to be far-off

but We see it quite near

On that Day, the sky shall become like molten brass

even a close friend will not ask of his friend

though they will see each other. To save himself from the punishment of that Day, the culprit (disbeliever) will wish to give his children

his wife, his brother

his relatives who gave him shelter

and all that is in the earth, in ransom to save himself

By no means! It will be the fire of hell

eager to pluck out his skull

it will be calling all those who try to escape and turn their back

who collected wealth and withheld it

Indeed, man has been created impatient

when evil befalls him, he becomes despondent

but when blessed with good fortune, he becomes stingy

with the exception of those who offer the Salah (prayer)

remain steadfast in their Salah (prayer)

set aside a due share in their wealth

for the beggars and the deprived

accept the truth of the Day of Judgment

dread the punishment of their Lord

for none is secure from the punishment of their Lord

and guard their private parts

except from their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for in their case they are not blameworthy

As for those who seek to go beyond this, they are transgressors

Those who keep their trusts and honor their promises

who stand firm in their testimonies

and strictly guard their Salah (prayers)

It is they who shall live with honor in paradise

What is the matter with the disbelievers that they are rushing towards you

from the right and from the left, in groups

Are they each seeking to enter the garden of bliss

By no means! Surely, We have created them out of that what they (unbelievers) know

But nay! I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests, that We have the power

to destroy them and replace them with others better than them, and nothing can hinder Us from doing so

Therefore, leave them to plunge in vain talk and blunder about until they face that Day of theirs which they are being promised

The Day when they shall rush forward from their graves, as if they were racing towards a goal, with downcast eyes and countenances distorted with shame

Such will be the Day, which they are being promised