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.

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,

وَتَكونُ الجِبالُ كَالعِهنِ

And the mountains will be like wool,

وَلا يَسأَلُ حَميمٌ حَميمًا

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,