Al-Ma'arij
سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ
A challenger1 has demanded a punishment bound to come
لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ
for the disbelievers—to be averted by none—
مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ
from Allah, Lord of pathways of ˹heavenly˺ ascent,
تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ
˹through which˺ the angels and the ˹holy˺ spirit1 will ascend to Him on a Day fifty thousand years in length.2
فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا
So endure ˹this denial, O Prophet,˺ with beautiful patience.
إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا
They truly see this ˹Day˺ as impossible,
وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا
but We see it as inevitable.
يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ
On that Day the sky will be like molten brass
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ
and the mountains like ˹tufts of˺ wool.