The Heights (Al-Ma'aarej)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
AN INQUIRER ASKED for the affliction that is to come 1 to those who deny the truth. No power can hinder God 2 From Allah, the Lord of the ways of ascent. 3 The angels and the Ruh [Jibrael (Gabriel)] ascend to Him in a Day the measure whereof is fifty thousand years, 4 So be thou patient with a sweet patience; 5 Indeed, they see it [as] distant, 6 Whereas We see it impending. 7 Upon the day when heaven shall be as molten copper 8 And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool 9 And not a friend shall ask a friend, 10 Though they shall be made to see one another. Fain would the guilty ransom himself from the torment of that Day by his children. 11 And his spouse and his brother. 12 And his kin that sheltered him. 13 And all, all that is on earth,- so it could deliver him: 14 By no means! Verily it is a Flame. 15 A remover of exteriors. 16 It shall insistently summon him who turned his back and retreated, 17 and amassed wealth and hoarded it. 18 ۞ Surely man is created of a hasty temperament 19 When evil toucheth him, he is bewailing. 20 And niggardly when good befalls him 21 Save worshippers. 22 and continue at their prayers, 23 And those in whose riches is a known right. 24 For the needy and those dispossessed, 25 who confirm the Day of Doom 26 and go in fear of the punishment of their Lord, 27 Verily! The torment of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure, 28 And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts from illegal sexual acts). 29 Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy; 30 But those who seek more than this will be transgressors; 31 And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive 32 And those who are upright in their testimonies, 33 And those who protect their prayers. 34 It is these who will be honoured in Gardens. 35