Chapters 70-75
Chapter 70: The Ascending Stairways
1 A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall upon the disbelievers, which none can repel, From Allah
6 They behold it afar off while we (believers) behold it soon.
8 The day when the sky will become as molten copper, and the hills become as flakes of wool.
11 The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children and his spouse and his brother
15 But nay! For lo! It is the fire of hell, eager to roast;
17 It calleth him who turned and fled (from the message),
26-28 And those who believe in the Day of Judgment, and those who are fearful of their Lord's doom - And who preserve their chastity except among their wives and slave girls, for thus they are not blameworthy.
35 These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.
36 What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open-eyed,
37 On the right and on the left, in groups?
38 Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight?
42 So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,
43 The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,
44 With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.
Chapter 71: Noah
1 We sent Noah unto his people (saying): Warn thy people ere the painful doom come unto them.
2 He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you
25 Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah.
26 And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the land. (i.e. Kill them all)
Chapter 72:
The Jinn
14 And there are among us some who have surrendered (to Allah) and there are among us some who are unjust (not surrendered to Allah). And whoso hath surrendered to Allah, such have taken the right path purposefully.
15 And as for those who are unjust, they are firewood for hell.
16 If the idolaters tread the right path, We shall give them to drink of water in abundance
17 But whoso turneth away from the remembrance of Allah; He will thrust him into ever-growing torment.
23 Mine is but conveyance of the Truth from Allah, and whoso disobeyeth Allah and His messenger, lo! his is fire of hell, wherein such dwell for ever.
Chapter 73: The Enshrouded One
11 Leave Me to deal with the deniers,
12 With Us are heavy fetters and a raging fire,
13 And food which choketh, and a painful doom
14 On the day when the earth and the hills rock, and the hills become a heap of running sand.
17 If you disbelieve, how will ye protect yourselves on the day which will turn children grey,
18 The very heaven being then rent asunder. His promise is to be fulfilled.
Chapter 74: The Cloaked One
9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.
16-17 He hath been stubborn to Our revelations. On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
27 Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is!
28 It leaveth nothing; it spareth nothing
29 It shrivelleth the man.
31 We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling-block for those who disbelieve; Those disbelievers in whose hearts there is disease, know Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth.
41-42 And (ask) of the Sinners. "What led you into Hell Fire?"
43 They will say: "We were not of those who prayed"
46 "We used to deny the Day of Judgment"
49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment
50 As they were frightened asses
54 This surely is an admonition
Chapter 75: The Rising of the Dead
5 But man would fain deny what is before him
6 He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection?
7 But when sight is confounded
8 And the moon is buried in darkness
9 And the sun and moon are joined together
10 On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
15 Although he tender his excuses
24 And that day will other faces be despondent
25 Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them
26 Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
29 And agony is heaped on agony
35 Again nearer unto thee and nearer is the doom