مصحف الثريا

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ ۝١

A man [mockingly] demanded the punishment

لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ ۝٢

It will fall on the disbelievers––none can deflect it–&ndash

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ ۝۳

from God, the Lord of the Ways of Ascent

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

by which the angels and the Spirit ascend to Him, on a Day whose length is fifty thousand years

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا ۝٥

So be patient, [Prophet], as befits you

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا ۝٦

The disbelievers think it is distant

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا ۝۷

but We know it to be close

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ ۝۸

On a Day when the heavens will be like molten bras

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ۝۹

and the mountains like tufts of wool

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا ۝١۰

when no friend will ask about his friend

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ ۝١١

even when they are within sight of one another. The guilty person will wish he could save himself from the suffering of that Day by sacrificing his sons

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ ۝١٢

his spouse, his brother

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ ۝١۳

the kinsfolk who gave him shelter

وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ۝١٤

and everyone on earth, if it could save him

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ ۝١٥

But no! There is a raging flam

نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ ۝١٦

that strips away the skin

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ۝١۷

and it will claim everyone who rejects the truth, turns away

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ ۝١۸

amasses wealth and hoards it

۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ۝١۹

Man was truly created anxious

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭا ۝٢۰

he is fretful when misfortune touches him

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا ۝٢١

but tight-fisted when good fortune comes his way

إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ ۝٢٢

Not so those who pra

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ ۝٢۳

and are constant in their prayers

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ ۝٢٤

who give a due share of their wealt

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ ۝٢٥

to beggars and the deprived

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ۝٢٦

who believe in the Day of Judgemen

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ ۝٢۷

and fear the punishment of their Lord–&ndash

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍۢ ۝٢۸

none may feel wholly secure from it–&ndash

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ ۝٢۹

who guard their chastit

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

from all but their spouses or their slave-girls––there is no blame attached to [relations with] these

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ ۝۳١

but those whose desires exceed this limit are truly transgressors–&ndash

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ ۝۳٢

who are faithful to their trusts and their pledges

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ ۝۳۳

who give honest testimon

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ ۝۳٤

and are steadfast in their prayers

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ مُّكْرَمُونَ ۝۳٥

They will be honoured in Gardens of bliss

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ ۝۳٦

What is wrong with the disbelievers? Why do they rush to peer at you [Prophet]

عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ ۝۳۷

from right and left, in crowds

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍۢ ۝۳۸

Does every one of them expect to enter a Garden of bliss

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ ۝۳۹

No! We created them from the substance they know

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ ۝٤۰

and, by the Lord of every sunrise and sunset, We have the powe

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ۝٤١

to substitute for them others better than they are- nothing can prevent Us from doing this

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ۝٤٢

So leave them to wallow in idle talk, until they come face to face with their promised Day

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًۭا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍۢ يُوفِضُونَ ۝٤۳

the Day they will rush out of their graves as if rallying to a flag

خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ ۝٤٤

eyes downcast and covered in shame: that is the Day of which they were warned