The Heights (Al-Ma'aarej)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Someone has (needlessly) demanded to experience the torment (of God), 1 Upon the disbelievers, which none can avert, 2 From Allah, the Lord of all pinnacles. 3 by which the angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him in one Day which will last for fifty thousand years. 4 But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see. 5 They surely take it to be far away, 6 But We see it very near. 7 The day when the sky will become as molten copper, 8 and the mountains become like wool, 9 And friend shall not ask of friend 10 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, 11 and his spouse and his brother, 12 His kindred who sheltered him, 13 and whosoever is in the earth, altogether, so that it might save him. 14 But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell 15 That would skin the scalp. 16 It calls out to him who reverted and turned away. 17 who amassed and hoarded. 18 ۞ Indeed man is created very impatient, greedy. 19 when evil visits him, impatient, 20 And when good touches him, withholding [of it], 21 except those that pray, 22 Those who remain constant in their Salat (prayers); 23 In whose wealth a due share is included 24 for the impoverished nonrequester and the requester, 25 And those who believe in the Day of Judgment, 26 and who stand in dread of their Sustainer's chastisement 27 For their Lord's displeasure is the opposite of Peace and Tranquillity;- 28 And those who guard their chastity, 29 except from their wives and what their right hands own, for these they are not blameworthy. 30 But those who seek more than this will be transgressors; 31 and those who fulfil their trusts and their covenants, 32 And those who are upright in their testimonies, 33 and who observe their prayers. 34 Those shall be in gardens, honored. 35