بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
70:1
سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
70:2
لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ
70:2
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
(a chastisement meant) for the unbelievers, one which none can avert;
70:3
مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ
70:4
تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
70:4
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
by which the angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in one Day the duration of which is fifty thousand years.
70:5
فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
70:6
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا
70:7
وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا
70:8
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ
70:8
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
It shall befall on a Day whereon the sky will become like molten brass,
70:9
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ
70:10
وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
70:11
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ
70:11
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
although they shall be within sight of one another. The guilty one would fain ransom himself from the torment of that Day by offering his children,
70:12
وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
70:13
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ
70:14
وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
70:14
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and all persons of the earth, if only he could thus save himself.
70:15
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
70:16
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ
70:17
تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
70:17
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
It shall insistently summon him who turned his back and retreated,
70:18
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ
70:19
۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
70:20
إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
70:21
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
70:22
إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
70:23
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ
70:24
وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ
70:25
لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
70:26
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
70:27
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
70:28
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
70:28
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
surely the chastisement of their Lord is a thing none can feel secure from –
70:29
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ
70:30
إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
70:30
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
except in regard to their spouses and those whom their right hands possess, for in regard to them they are not reproachable,
70:31
فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ
70:31
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
but any who seeks to go beyond that, it is indeed they who are the transgressors,
70:32
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ
70:33
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ
70:34
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
70:35
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ
70:36
فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
70:36
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
But what is the matter with the unbelievers who are hurrying towards you
70:37
عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
70:38
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ
70:39
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
70:40
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ
70:40
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests that We have the power
70:41
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
70:41
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
to replace them by others who would be better than they; and We shall certainly not be overpowered.
70:42
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
70:42
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
So leave them to engage in vain talk and to amuse themselves until they come face to face with the Day which they are promised,
70:43
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ
70:43
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
the Day on which they will hastily come forth from their graves, as though they were hurrying on to the altars of their deities.
70:44
خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ
70:44