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فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ﴿٣٥﴾

Therefor hath he no lover here this day,

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ﴿٣٦﴾

Nor any food save filth

لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ﴿٣٧﴾

Which none but sinners eat.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ﴿٣٨﴾

But nay! I swear by all that ye see

وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ﴿٣٩﴾

And all that ye see not

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ﴿٤٠﴾

That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ﴿٤١﴾

It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ﴿٤٢﴾

Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!

تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ﴿٤٣﴾

It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ﴿٤٤﴾

And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,

لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ﴿٤٥﴾

We assuredly had taken him by the right hand

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ﴿٤٦﴾

And then severed his life-artery,

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ﴿٤٧﴾

And not one of you could have held Us off from him.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ﴿٤٨﴾

And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).

وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ﴿٤٩﴾

And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ﴿٥٠﴾

And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ﴿٥١﴾

And lo! it is absolute truth.

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ﴿٥٢﴾

So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ﴿١﴾

A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall

لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ﴿٢﴾

Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ﴿٣﴾

From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

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

(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا﴿٥﴾

But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا﴿٦﴾

Lo! they behold it afar off

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا﴿٧﴾

While we behold it nigh:

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ﴿٨﴾

The day when the sky will become as molten copper,

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ﴿٩﴾

And the hills become as flakes of wool,

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا﴿١٠﴾

And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend