The Heights (Al-Ma'aarej)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall 1 Upon the infidels -- which none would be able to repel -- 2 [since it will come] from God, unto whom there are many ways of ascent: 3 (Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years. 4 So be thou patient with a sweet patience; 5 behold, they see it as if far off; 6 Whereas We see it impending. 7 The Day that the sky will be like molten brass, 8 and the mountains shall be like puffs of wool. 9 And no friend will ask after a friend, 10 as they are given sight of them. The sinner will wish that he might ransom himself from the chastisement of that day even by his sons, 11 And his wife and his brother, 12 and his kinsfolk who gave him shelter, 13 and all those on earth. 14 Nay, verily it is a furnace 15 A remover of exteriors. 16 It calls out to him who reverted and turned away. 17 Who amasses and then hoards. 18 ۞ Human beings are created greedy. 19 When they are afflicted, they complain, 20 If good comes to him he holds back his hand, 21 Not so those devoted to Prayer;- 22 Who are at their prayer constant. 23 And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged 24 For the beggar and the destitute; 25 and who accept as true the [coming of the] Day of Judgment; 26 and go in fear of the chastisement of their Lord 27 surely the chastisement of their Lord is a thing none can feel secure from – 28 And those who preserve their chastity 29 Except with their wives and the bondwomen in their possession, for there is no reproach on them. 30 but whoever goes beyond this is a transgressor; 31 And those who keep their trusts and covenants; 32 and those who are upright in their testimonies; 33 and who take due care of their Prayer: 34 Those shall dwell in Gardens, honoured. 35