Al-Ma'arij
سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ
A man [mockingly] demanded the punishment.
لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ
It will fall on the disbelievers––none can deflect it––
مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ
from God, the Lord of the Ways of Ascent,
تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ
by which the angels and the Spirit ascend to Him, on a Day whose length is fifty thousand years.
فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا
So be patient, [Prophet], as befits you.
إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا
The disbelievers think it is distant,
وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا
but We know it to be close.
يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ
On a Day when the heavens will be like molten brass
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ
and the mountains like tufts of wool,