سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ

Sa ala saaa'ilum bi'azaa binw-waaqi'

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ

Lilkaafireen laisa lahoo daafi'

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ

Minal laahi zil ma'aarij

[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍۢ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ

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.

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا

Fasbir ssabran jameelaa

So be patient with gracious patience.

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا

Inaahum yarawnahoo ba'eedaa

Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا

Wa naraahu qareebaa

But We see it [as] near.

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ

Yawma takoonus samaaa'u kalmuhl

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ

Wa takoonul jibaalu kal'ihn

And the mountains will be like wool,

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا

Wa laa yas'alu hameemun hameemaa

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