وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ
And what you do not see
Kushiriki :
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ
[That] indeed, it [i.e., the QurÕŒn] is the word of a noble Messenger.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِيلِ
And if he [i.e., Muúammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡيَمِينِ
We would have seized him by the right hand;[1]
1- Another interpretation is "by [Our] right hand," i.e., AllŒh would have exacted revenge with might and power.
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِينَ
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.[1]
1- Causing immediate death.
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَٰجِزِينَ
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةٞ لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ
And indeed, it [i.e., the QurÕŒn] is a reminder for the righteous.
وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen[1]
1- In the Hereafter. Disbelievers had challenged the Prophet () by invoking AllŒh to bring on His punishment. See 8:32.
لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ
[It is] from AllŒh, owner of the ways of ascent.
تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ
The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا
So be patient with gracious patience.
إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا
But We see it [as] near.
يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,[1]
1- Or "molten metal."
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ
And the mountains will be like wool,[1]
1- i.e., in the process of disintegration.
وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمٗا
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children.
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
And his wife and his brother
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ
And his nearest kindred who shelter him.
وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
No![1] Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
1- An emphatic refusal meaning "It is not to be."
نَزَّاعَةٗ لِّلشَّوَىٰ
A remover of exteriors.[1]
1- This refers to the skin of the head or of the body or to the body extremities – which will be burned away.
Taarifa ya kosa