A questioner asked about the chastisement which must befall
The unbelievers, which none can avert
From Allah, the Lord of the Ascending Stairways
To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a Day the measure of which is fifty thousand years
Therefore endure with a goodly patience
Surely they think it to be far off
And We see it nigh
On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper
And the mountains shall be as tufts of woo
And friend shall not ask of friend
Though they shall be given sight of each other. The guilty one would fain redeem himself from the chastisement of that day by sacrificing his children
And his wife and his brothe
And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter
And all those that are in the earth, hoping to be delivered
By no means! Surely it is a flaming Fir
Dragging him right to his skull
It calls him who turned and fled from truth
And amasses wealth then locks it up
Surely man is created anxious (or impatient
Fretful when evil afflicts hi
And niggardly when good befalls hi
Except those who pray
Those who are constant (or devoted) at their prayer
And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portio
For him who begs and for him who is destitut
And those who accept the truth of the Day of Judgment
And those who are fearful of the displeasure of their Lord,
Surely the displeasure of their Lord is a thing before which none can feel secure (or is the opposite of peace and tranquillity)
And those who guard their chastity
Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess - for on these surely is no blame
But he who seeks to go beyond this, these it is that transgress beyond bounds
And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenan
And those who are upright in their testimonies
And those who keep guard (the sacredness of) their worship
Those shall be in Gardens, honoured
But what ails those who disbelieve that they rush around you (Muhammad) open-eyed (in mock amazement)
On the right hand and on the left, in sundry groups
Does every man of them desire that he should be made to enter the Garden of Bliss
By no means! Surely We have created them of what they know (earth and spirit)
But nay! I swear by (or call to witness) the Lord of all points of the rising and setting places East and West that We are certainly Abl
To replace them with others better than them, and We shall not be overcome
Therefore leave them alone to go on with the false discourses and to sport until they come face to face with that Day of theirs with which they are warned
The Day on which they shall come forth from their graves in haste, as if they were racing to a goal
Their eyes cast down; disgrace shall overtake them; that is the Day which they were promised