| (2) The Unbelievers, the which there is none to ward off,- | |
| (3) (A Penalty) from Allah, Lord of the Ways of Ascent. | |
| (4) The angels and the spirit ascend unto him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years: | |
| (5) Therefore do thou hold Patience,- a Patience of beautiful (contentment). | |
| (6) They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event): | |
| (7) But We see it (quite) near. | |
| (8) The Day that the sky will be like molten brass, | |
| (9) And the mountains will be like wool, | |
| (10) And no friend will ask after a friend, | |
| (11) Though they will be put in sight of each other,- the sinner´s desire will be: Would that he could redeem himself from the Penalty of that Day by (sacrificing) his children, | |
| (12) His wife and his brother, | |
| (13) His kindred who sheltered him, | |
| (14) And all, all that is on earth,- so it could deliver him: | |
| (15) By no means! for it would be the Fire of Hell!- | |
| (16) Plucking out (his being) right to the skull!- | |
| (17) Inviting (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from the Right). | |
| (18) And collect (wealth) and hide it (from use)! | |
| (19) Truly man was created very impatient;- | |
| (20) Fretful when evil touches him; | |
| (21) And niggardly when good reaches him;- | |
| (22) Not so those devoted to Prayer;- | |
| (23) Those who remain steadfast to their prayer; | |
| (24) And those in whose wealth is a recognised right. | |
| (25) For the (needy) who asks and him who is prevented (for some reason from asking); | |
| (26) And those who hold to the truth of the Day of Judgment; | |
| (27) And those who fear the displeasure of their Lord,- | |
| (28) For their Lord´s displeasure is the opposite of Peace and Tranquillity;- | |
| (29) And those who guard their chastity, | |
| (30) Except with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hands possess,- for (then) they are not to be blamed, | |
| (31) But those who trespass beyond this are transgressors;- | |
| (32) And those who respect their trusts and covenants; | |
| (33) And those who stand firm in their testimonies; | |
| (34) And those who guard (the sacredness) of their worship;- | |
| (35) Such will be the honored ones in the Gardens (of Bliss). | |
| (36) Now what is the matter with the Unbelievers that they rush madly before thee- | |
| (37) From the right and from the left, in crowds? | |
| (38) Does every man of them long to enter the Garden of Bliss? | |
| (39) By no means! For We have created them out of the (base matter) they know! | |
| (40) Now I do call to witness the Lord of all points in the East and the West that We can certainly- | |
| (41) Substitute for them better (men) than they; And We are not to be defeated (in Our Plan). | |
| (42) So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they encounter that Day of theirs which they have been promised!- | |
| (43) The Day whereon they will issue from their sepulchers in sudden haste as if they were rushing to a goal-post (fixed for them),- | |
| (44) Their eyes lowered in dejection,- ignominy covering them (all over)! such is the Day the which they are promised! |
