English - Chapter 70 - Al-Maarij

A demanding person has asked for the punishment that is going to befall

the disbelievers; there is no one to avert it

(and it will come) from Allah, the Lord of the stairways

to whom ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the length of which is fifty thousand years

So, observe patience, a good patience

They see it far off

and We see it near

(This punishment will befall) on the Day when the sky will be like dregs of oil

and the mountains will be like dyed wool

and no friend will ask about any friend

(though) they will be made to see each other. A guilty person will desire that he may be able to ransom himself from the torment of that day even by his sons

and his wife and his brother

and his kindred that sheltered him

and all those on earth, then he may redeem himself

By no means! It is the flaming fire

that will pull out the skin of the scalp

It will call him who had turned his back and fled away (from the truth)

and accumulated (wealth) and hoarded (it)

Indeed man is created weak in courage

very upset when touched by evil

and very niggard when visited by good (fortune)

except the performers of Salah

who are regular in their Salah

and those in whose riches there is a specified right

for the one who asks and the one who is deprived

and those who believe in the Day of Judgment as true

and those who are fearful of the torment of their Lord

Indeed the torment of their Lord is not something to be fearless from

and those who guard their private parts

except from their wives and those (slave-girls) owned by their hands,__ because they are not to be blamed

but the one who seeks (sexual gratification) beyond that, then such people are the transgressors

and those who are careful about their trusts and covenants

and those who are upright in their testimonies

and those who take due care of their Salah

Those will be honoured in gardens (of Jannah)

So what has happened to those who disbelieve that they are rushing towards you

from the right and from the left, in groups

Does every one of them aspire to be admitted to the garden of bliss

By no means! We have created them from what they know

to bring those better than them in their place, and We are not to be frustrated

So, leave them involved in pastime and play until they encounter their Day, which they are promised

the Day they will come out of the graves quickly, as if they were rushing toward idols

with their eyes downcast, enveloped by ignominy. That is the Day, which they were being promised