The Heights (Al-Ma'aarej)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
A caller supplicated about a punishment to fall on 1 to those who deny the truth. No power can hinder God 2 from punishing them. He is the Lord of the Ascending Stairways, 3 To whom the angels and the soul take a day to ascend, whose length is fifty thousand years. 4 Therefore endure with a goodly patience. 5 they see it as being far off; 6 But We see it (quite) near. 7 On that Day the heaven shall become like molten copper, 8 and the mountains will be like tufts of wool, 9 and no bosom friend will enquire about any of his bosom friends 10 though they may be in one another's sight: [for,] everyone who was lost in sin will on that Day but desire to ransom himself from suffering at the price of his own children, 11 And his wife and his brother. 12 the kinsmen who gave him shelter, 13 and all those on earth. 14 By no means! Verily it is a Flame. 15 Flaying off the scalp-skin. 16 It shall claim him who turned and fled (from truth), 17 Who amasses and then hoards. 18 ۞ Surely man is greedy by nature. 19 Fretful when evil touches him; 20 If good comes to him he holds back his hand, 21 Except those devoted to Salat (prayers) 22 Those who are constant at their prayer 23 And those in whose wealth exists a recognised right, 24 For him who begs and for him who is denied (good) 25 And those who believe in the Day of Judgement, 26 and go in fear of the chastisement of their Lord 27 Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure of-- 28 who guard their carnal desires 29 except from their wives and slave girls, in which case they are not to be blamed, 30 But those who seek more than this will be transgressors; 31 And those who protect the property entrusted to them, and their agreements. 32 And those who are upright in their testimonies, 33 and who take due care of their Prayer: 34 Those shall be in gardens, honored. 35