An asker asked for torment that must befall
for the unbelievers; there is no repelling it
from God the Lord of the ascents
whereby ascend the angels and the Spirit unto Him in a day whose length is fifty thousand years
Wherefore be patient with fair patience
verily, they see it as afar off
but we see it nigh
The day when the heaven shall be as molten brass
and the mountains shall be like flocks of wool
when no warm friend shall question friend
they shall gaze on each other, and the sinner would fain give as a ransom from the torment of that day his son
and his mate, and his brothe
and his kin who stand by him
and all who are in the earth, that yet it might rescue him
Nay, verily, it is a flame,
dragging by the scalp
it shall call those who retreated and turned their back
and who amassed and hoarded
Verily, man is by nature rash
when evil touches him, very impatient
when good touches him, niggardly
all save those who pray
who remain at their prayers
and in whose wealth is a reasonable due (set aside
for him who asks and him who is kept from asking
and those who believe in a day of judgment
and those who shrink in terror from the torment of their Lord;
verily, the torment of their Lord is not safe;
and those who guard their private parts
except for their wives or the (slave girls) whom their right hands possess, for they are not to be blamed
but whoso craves beyond this, they are the transgressors
and those who observe their trusts and their compacts
and those who are upright in their testimonies
and those who keep their prayers
these shall dwell in gardens honoured
What ails the misbelievers that they hurry on before thee
crowding together on the right and on the left
Does every man of them wish to enter the garden of pleasure
Nay, we created them of what they know
And I need not swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests; verily, we are abl
to change them for others better, nor are we prevented
So leave them to plunge in discussion, and to play until they meet that day of theirs which they are threatened with
the day when they shall come forth in haste from the graves, as though they flock to a standard
with their looks abashed; meanness shall cover them! That is the day which they were promised