— 44 verses
One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall
The unbelievers-- there is none to avert it-
From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent
To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years
Therefore endure with a goodly patience
Surely they think it to be far off
And We see it nigh
On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper
And the mountains shall be as tufts of woo
And friend shall not ask of friend
(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
And his wife and his brothe
And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter
And all those that are in the earth, (wishing) then (that) this might deliver him
By no means! Surely it is a flaming fir
Dragging by the head
It shall claim him who turned and fled (from truth)
And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up
Surely man is created of a hasty temperamen
Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts hi
And niggardly when good befalls hi
Except those who pray
Those who are constant at their prayer
And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion
For him who begs and for him who is denied (good)
And those who accept the truth of the judgment day
And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord-
Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure of-
And those who guard their private parts
Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess-- for these surely are not to be blamed
But he who seeks to go beyond this, these it is that go beyond the limits-
And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenan
And those who are upright in their testimonies
And those who keep a guard on their prayer
Those shall be in gardens, honored
But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten on around you
On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties
Does every man of them desire that he should be made to enter the garden of bliss
By no means! Surely We have created them of what they know
But nay! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly abl
To bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome
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
The day on which they shall come forth from their graves in haste, as if they were hastening on to a goal
Their eyes cast down; disgrace shall overtake them; that is the day which they were threatened with