| m_ali | |
|---|---|
| 1. * | A questioner asks about the chastisement to befall |
| 2. * | The disbelievers -- there is none to avert it -- |
| 3. * | From Allah, Lord of the ways of Ascent. |
| 4. * | To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years. |
| 5. * | So be patient with a goodly patience. |
| 6. * | Surely they see it far off, |
| 7. * | And We see it nigh. |
| 8. * | The day when the heaven is as molten brass, |
| 9. * | And the mountains are as wool; |
| 10. * | And no friend will ask of friend, |
| 11. * | (Though) they are made to see them. The guilty one would fain redeem himself from the chastisement of that day by his children, |
| 12. * | And his wife and his brother, |
| 13. * | And his kin that gave him shelter, |
| 14. * | And all that are in the earth -- then deliver him -- |
| 15. * | By no means! Surely it is a flaming Fire, |
| 16. * | Plucking out the extremities -- |
| 17. * | It shall claim him who retreats and turns his back, |
| 18. * | And hoards then withholds. |
| 19. * | Surely man is created impatient -- |
| 20. * | Fretful when evil afflicts him, |
| 21. * | And niggardly when good befalls him -- |
| 22. * | Except those who pray, |
| 23. * | Who are constant at their prayer, |
| 24. * | And in whose wealth there is a known right |
| 25. * | For the beggar and the destitute, |
| 26. * | And those who accept the truth of the day of Judgment: |
| 27. * | And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord -- |
| 28. * | Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure from -- |
| 29. * | And those who restrain their sexual passions, |
| 30. * | Except in the presence of their mates or those whom their right hands possess -- for such surely are not to be blamed, |
| 31. * | But he who seeks to go beyond this, these are the transgressors. |
| 32. * | And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant, |
| 33. * | And those who are upright in their testimonies, |
| 34. * | And those who keep a guard on their prayer. |
| 35. * | These are in Gardens, honoured. |
| 36. * | But what is the matter with those who disbelieve, that they hasten on to thee, |
| 37. * | On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties? |
| 38. * | Does every man of them desire to be admitted to the Garden of bliss? |
| 39. * | By no means! Surely We have created them for what they know. |
| 40. * | But nay! I swear by the Lord of the Eastern lands and the Western lands! that We are certainly Powerful |
| 41. * | To bring in their place (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome. |
| 42. * | So leave them alone to plunge in vain talk and to sport, until they come face to face with that day of theirs which they are promised -- |
| 43. * | The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as hastening on to a goal, |
| 44. * | Their eyes cast down, disgrace covering them. Such is the day which they are promised. |