The Heights (Al-Ma'aarej)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
A caller supplicated about a punishment to fall on 1 Upon the disbelievers – the punishment that none can avert. 2 From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent. 3 Whereby the angels ascend unto Him and also the spirit, On a Day whereof the measure is fifty thousand years. 4 So be patient (O Muhammad SAW), with a good patience. 5 They deem it to be remote. 6 Whereas We see it impending. 7 On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper 8 And the mountains will be like wool, 9 and no friend will ask about his 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 His wife 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! Surely it is a flaming fire 15 Flaying off the scalp-skin. 16 It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience] 17 and amassed wealth and hoarded it. 18 ۞ Indeed, mankind was created anxious: 19 When they are afflicted, they complain, 20 And when good toucheth him he is begrudging. 21 Except those devoted to Salat (prayers) 22 Those who remain steadfast to their prayer; 23 those who give a due share of their wealth 24 For him who begs and for him who is denied (good) 25 And those who believe in the Day of Judgement, 26 And those who fear the displeasure of their Lord,- 27 surely the chastisement of their Lord is a thing none can feel secure from – 28 and who are mindful of their chastity, 29 except from their wives and slave girls, in which case they are not to be blamed, 30 but whoever goes beyond this is a transgressor; 31 (Those) who keep their trusts and their covenant, 32 and perform their witnessings, 33 and who are constant in their prayers. 34 such people will receive due honor in Paradise. 35