— 44 verses
A demanding person has asked for the punishment that is going to befall
the disbelievers; there is no one to avert it
(and it will come) from Allah, the Lord of the stairways
to whom ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the length of which is fifty thousand years
So, observe patience, a good patience
They see it far off
and We see it near
(This punishment will befall) on the Day when the sky will be like dregs of oil
and the mountains will be like dyed wool
and no friend will ask about any friend
(though) they will be made to see each other. A guilty person will desire that he may be able to ransom himself from the torment of that day even by his sons
and his wife and his brother
and his kindred that sheltered him
and all those on earth, then he may redeem himself
By no means! It is the flaming fir
that will pull out the skin of the scalp
It will call him who had turned his back and fled away (from the truth
and accumulated (wealth) and hoarded (it)
Indeed man is created weak in courage
very upset when touched by evil
and very niggard when visited by good (fortune)
except the performers of Salah
who are regular in their Salah
and those in whose riches there is a specified right
for the one who asks and the one who is deprived
and those who believe in the Day of Judgment as true
and those who are fearful of the torment of their Lord
__Indeed the torment of their Lord is not something to be fearless from._
and those who guard their private parts
except from their wives and those (slave-girls) owned by their hands,__ because they are not to be blamed
but the one who seeks (sexual gratification) beyond that, then such people are the transgressors,_
and those who are careful about their trusts and covenants
and those who are upright in their testimonies
and those who take due care of their Salah
Those will be honoured in gardens (of Jannah )
So what has happened to those who disbelieve that they are rushing towards yo
from the right and from the left, in groups
Does every one of them aspire to be admitted to the garden of bliss
By no means! We have created them from what they know
So, I swear by the Lord of the points of sunrise and those of sunset, We are powerfu
to bring those better than them in their place, and We are not to be frustrated
So, leave them involved in pastime and play until they encounter their Day, which they are promised
the Day they will come out of the graves quickly, as if they were rushing toward idols
with their eyes downcast, enveloped by ignominy. That is the Day, which they were being promised