English - Chapter 70 - Al-Maarij

A skeptic was asking about torment that is bound to happen

to disbelievers; there will be no defense against it

[since it comes] from God Who owns the staircases leading upward

The angels and the Spirit will climb up to Him on a day whose range is fifty thousand years

So act patient with a handsome patience

They consider it is far away

while We see it as nearby

on a day when the sky will be like molten brass

and the mountains like tufts of yarn

No close friend will question any [other] friend

they will merely give each other a knowing look. A criminal might like to ransom himself from that day´s torment through his children

his wife, a brother of his

his family circle which has sheltered him

and everyone who is on earth if [such action] might then save him

Of course not; it would flare up

tugging at his scalp

claiming anyone who tries to escape and turns away

through saving (things) up and hoarding (them)

Man has been created restless

so he panics whenever any evil touches him

and withdraws when some good touches him

except for the prayerful

who are constant at their prayers

and whose wealth comprises an acknowledged responsibility

towards the beggar and the destitute

and the ones who accept the Day for Repayment

and those who are apprehensive about their Lord´s torment

their Lord´s torment is nothing to feel too safe from

and the ones who preserve their chastity

except with their own spouses or those living under their control; with such they are blameless

Those who desire [to go] beyond that, will be going too far

and the ones who preserve their trusts and oaths

and the ones who stand by their testimony

and the ones who attend to their prayer

those will be honored in gardens

Yet what is wrong with those who disbelieve, that they should try to dash on ahead of you

in batches to the right and on the left

Of course not! We created them out of something they well know

And I do swear by the Lord of the Eastern places and the Western places that We are Able

to replace them with someone better than they are. We shall never be overruled

Leave them speculating and playing around until they face their day which they have been promised

the day when they will hasten forth from their graves as if they were rushing towards some objective

their eyesight cast down, disgrace overshadowing them on that day which they have been threatened with