بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
Sa ala saaa'ilum bi'azaa binw-waaqi'
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
لِّلْكَافِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ
Lilkaafireen laisa lahoo daafi'
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ
Minal laahi zil ma'aarij
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
Ta'rujul malaaa'ikatu war Roohu ilaihi fee yawmin kaana miqdaaruhoo khamseena alfa sanah
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
Fasbir ssabran jameelaa
So be patient with gracious patience.
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا
Inaahum yarawnahoo ba'eedaa
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا
Wa naraahu qareebaa
But We see it [as] near.
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاءُ كَالْمُهْلِ
Yawma takoonus samaaa'u kalmuhl
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ
Wa takoonul jibaalu kal'ihn
And the mountains will be like wool,
وَلَا يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
Wa laa yas'alu hameemun hameemaa
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,