بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ سَأَلَ سائِلٌ بِعَذابٍ واقِعٍ
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
لِلكافِرينَ لَيسَ لَهُ دافِعٌ
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
مِنَ اللَّهِ ذِي المَعارِجِ
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
تَعرُجُ المَلائِكَةُ وَالرّوحُ إِلَيهِ في يَومٍ كانَ مِقدارُهُ خَمسينَ أَلفَ سَنَةٍ
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
فَاصبِر صَبرًا جَميلًا
So be patient with gracious patience.
إِنَّهُم يَرَونَهُ بَعيدًا
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
وَنَراهُ قَريبًا
But We see it [as] near.
يَومَ تَكونُ السَّماءُ كَالمُهلِ
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,