O Allah, I seek refuge in you from the accursed Satan
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
A challenger1 has demanded a punishment bound to come
for the disbelievers—to be averted by none—
from Allah, Lord of pathways of ˹heavenly˺ ascent,
˹through which˺ the angels and the ˹holy˺ spirit1 will ascend to Him on a Day fifty thousand years in length.2
So endure ˹this denial, O Prophet,˺ with beautiful patience.
They truly see this ˹Day˺ as impossible,
but We see it as inevitable.
On that Day the sky will be like molten brass
and the mountains like ˹tufts of˺ wool.
And no close friend will ask ˹about˺ their friends,
˹although˺ they will be made to see each other. The wicked will wish to ransom themselves from the punishment of that Day by their children,
their spouses, their siblings,
their clan that sheltered them,
and everyone on earth altogether, just to save themselves.
But no! There will certainly be a raging Flame
ripping off scalps.
It will summon whoever turned their backs ˹on Allah˺ and turned away ˹from the truth˺,
and gathered and hoarded ˹wealth˺.
Indeed, humankind was created impatient:
distressed when touched with evil,
and withholding when touched with good—
except those who pray,
consistently performing their prayers;
and who give the rightful share of their wealth
to the beggar and the poor;
and who ˹firmly˺ believe in the Day of Judgment;
and those who fear the punishment of their Lord—
˹knowing that˺ none should feel secure from their Lord’s punishment—
and those who guard their chastity1
except with their wives or those ˹bondwomen˺ in their possession,1 for then they are free from blame,
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