In the Name
of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[70.1] One
demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall
[70.2] The
unbelievers -- there is none to avert it --
[70.3] From
Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent.
[70.4] To
Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand
years.
[70.5]
Therefore endure with a goodly patience.
[70.6]
Surely they think it to be far off,
[70.7] And
We see it nigh.
[70.8] On
the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper,
[70.9] And
the mountains shall be as tufts of wool;
[70.10] And
friend shall not ask of friend,
[70.11]
(Though) they shall be made to see each other. The guilty one would fain redeem himself
from the chastisement of that day by (sacrificing) his children,
[70.12] And
his wife and his brother,
[70.13] And
the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,
[70.14] And
all those that are in the earth, (wishing) then (that) this might deliver him.
[70.15] By
no means! Surely it is a flaming fire,
[70.16]
Dragging by the head,
[70.17] It
shall claim him who turned and fled (from truth),
[70.18] And
amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.
[70.19]
Surely man is created of a hasty temperament;
[70.20]
Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him,
[70.21] And
niggardly when good befalls him,
[70.22]
Except those who pray,
[70.23]
Those who are constant at their prayer,
[70.24] And
those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion.
[70.25] For
him who begs and for him who is denied (good),
[70.26] And
those who accept the truth of the judgment day,
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[70.27] And
those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord --
[70.28]
Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure of –
[70.29] And
those who guard their private parts,
[70.30]
Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess -- for these
surely are not to be blamed,
[70.31] But
he who seeks to go beyond this, these it is that go beyond the limits –
[70.32] And
those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant,
[70.33] And
those who are upright in their testimonies,
[70.34] And
those who keep a guard on their prayer,
[70.35]
Those shall be in gardens, honored.
[70.36] But
what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten on around you,
[70.37] On
the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties?
[70.38] Does
every man of them desire that he should be made to enter the garden of bliss?
[70.39] By
no means! Surely We have created them of what they know.
[70.40] But
nay! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly able
[70.41] To
bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome.
[70.42]
Therefore leave them alone to go on with the false discourses and to sport until they come
face to face with that day of theirs with which they are threatened;
[70.43] The
day on which they shall come forth from their graves in haste, as if they were hastening
on to a goal,
[70.44]
Their eyes cast down; disgrace shall overtake them; that is the day which they were
threatened with.
