مصحف الثريا

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ ۝١

AN INQUIRER ASKED for the affliction that is to come

لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ ۝٢

Upon the infidels -- which none would be able to repel --

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ ۝۳

From God, the Lord of the steps (of progression),

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍۢ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ ۝٤

To whom the angels and the soul take a day to ascend, whose length is fifty thousand years.

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا ۝٥

So persevere with becoming patience.

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا ۝٦

They surely take it to be far away,

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا ۝۷

But We see it very near.

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ ۝۸

The day the sky becomes like molten brass,

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ۝۹

The mountains like the tufts of (carded) wool,

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا ۝١۰

And no friend inquires after friend

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ ۝١١

Though within sight of one another. The sinner would like to ransom himself from the torment of that Day by offering his sons,

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ ۝١٢

His wife and his brother,

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ ۝١۳

And his family who had stood by him,

وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ۝١٤

And all those who are on the earth, to save himself.

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ ۝١٥

But never. It is pure white flame

نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ ۝١٦

That would skin the scalp.

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ۝١۷

It will summon whoever turns his back and flees,

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ ۝١۸

Who amasses and then hoards.

۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ۝١۹

Surely man is greedy by nature.

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭا ۝٢۰

If evil befalls him he is perturbed;

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا ۝٢١

If good comes to him he holds back his hand,

إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ ۝٢٢

Except those who closely follow (the Book of God),

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ ۝٢۳

Who persevere in devotion,

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ ۝٢٤

In whose wealth a due share is included

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ ۝٢٥

For the needy and those dispossessed,

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ۝٢٦

And those who believe in the Day of Judgement,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ ۝٢۷

And those who fear the punishment of their Lord, --

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍۢ ۝٢۸

Surely no one can be secure from the punishment of his Lord, --

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ ۝٢۹

And those who guard their sex except from their wives and women slaves of old

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ ۝۳۰

Are free of blame,

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ ۝۳١

But those who seek more than this will be transgressors;

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ ۝۳٢

And those who fulfil their trusts and covenants,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ ۝۳۳

Who uphold their testimonies,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ ۝۳٤

And those who are mindful of their moral obligations.

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ مُّكْرَمُونَ ۝۳٥

They will live in gardens with honour.

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ ۝۳٦

What is the matter with unbelievers that they stare at you with fixed gazes and hasten towards you

عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ ۝۳۷

In crowds, right and left?

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍۢ ۝۳۸

Does every one of them wish to enter the garden of tranquility?

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ ۝۳۹

Never so. We have created them from what they know.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ ۝٤۰

So I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly able

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ۝٤١

To bring better people than they in their place; and they will not be able to thwart Us.

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ۝٤٢

So leave them to their vain disputes and amusement till they meet their day (of reckoning) promised them,

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًۭا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍۢ يُوفِضُونَ ۝٤۳

The day when they will come out of their graves in all haste as though rushing to their altars,

خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ ۝٤٤

Eyes lowered, shame attending. That is the day they have been promised!