(1)
سَأَلَ
Asked
سَآئِلٌۢ
a questioner
بِعَذَابٍ
for a punishment
وَاقِعٍ
bound to happen
(2)
لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ
To the disbelievers
لَيْسَ
not
لَهُۥ
of it
دَافِعٌ
any preventer
(3)
مِّنَ
From
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
ذِى
Owner
ٱلْمَعَارِجِ
(of) the ways of ascent
(4)
تَعْرُجُ
Ascend
ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ
the Angels
وَٱلرُّوحُ
and the Spirit
إِلَيْهِ
to Him
فِى
in
يَوْمٍ
a Day
كَانَ
[is]
مِقْدَارُهُۥ
its measure
خَمْسِينَ
(is) fifty
أَلْفَ
thousand
سَنَةٍ
year(s)
(5)
فَٱصْبِرْ
So be patient
صَبْرًا
a patience
جَمِيلًا
good
(6)
إِنَّهُمْ
Indeed they
يَرَوْنَهُۥ
see it
بَعِيدًا
(as) far off
(7)
وَنَرَىٰهُ
But We see it
قَرِيبًا
near
(8)
يَوْمَ
(The) Day -
تَكُونُ
will be
ٱلسَّمَآءُ
the sky
كَٱلْمُهْلِ
like molten copper
(9)
وَتَكُونُ
And will be
ٱلْجِبَالُ
the mountains
كَٱلْعِهْنِ
like wool
(10)
وَلَا
And not
يَسْـَٔلُ
will ask
حَمِيمٌ
a friend
حَمِيمًا
(of) a friend
(11)
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ
They will be made to see each other
يَوَدُّ
Would wish
ٱلْمُجْرِمُ
the criminal
لَوْ
if
يَفْتَدِى
he (could be) ransomed
مِنْ
from
عَذَابِ
(the) punishment
يَوْمِئِذٍۭ
(of) that Day
بِبَنِيهِ
by his children
(12)
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ
And his spouse
وَأَخِيهِ
and his brother
(13)
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ
And his nearest kindred
ٱلَّتِى
who
تُـْٔوِيهِ
sheltered him
(14)
وَمَن
And whoever
فِى
(is) on
ٱلْأَرْضِ
the earth
جَمِيعًا
all
ثُمَّ
then
يُنجِيهِ
it (could) save him
(15)
كَلَّآ
By no means!
إِنَّهَا
Indeed it (is)
لَظَىٰ
surely a Flame of Hell
(16)
نَزَّاعَةً
A remover
لِّلشَّوَىٰ
of the skin of the head
(17)
تَدْعُوا۟
Inviting
مَنْ
(him) who
أَدْبَرَ
turned his back
وَتَوَلَّىٰ
and went away
(18)
وَجَمَعَ
And collected
فَأَوْعَىٰٓ
and hoarded
(19)
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
the man
خُلِقَ
was created
هَلُوعًا
anxious -
(20)
إِذَا
When
مَسَّهُ
touches him
ٱلشَّرُّ
the evil
جَزُوعًا
distressed