المعارج

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ ١

Sa-ala sāilun biʿadhābin wāqiʿin

A man [mockingly] demanded the punishment.

لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ ٢

Lil'kāfirīna laysa lahu dāfiʿun

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

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ ٣

Mina l-lahi dhī l-maʿāriji

From God, the Lord of the Ways of Ascent,

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ ٤

Taʿruju l-malāikatu wal-rūḥu ilayhi fī yawmin kāna miq'dāruhu khamsīna alfa sanatin

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

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا ٥

Fa-iṣ'bir ṣabran jamīlan

So be patient, [Prophet], as befits you.

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا ٦

Innahum yarawnahu baʿīdan

The disbelievers think it is distant,

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا ٧

Wanarāhu qarīban

But We know it to be close.

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ ٨

Yawma takūnu l-samāu kal-muh'li

On a Day when the heavens will be like molten brass

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٩

Watakūnu l-jibālu kal-ʿih'ni

And the mountains like tufts of wool,

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا ١٠

Walā yasalu ḥamīmun ḥamīman

When no friend will ask about his friend,