70:1 A questioner asked you about the punishment which is bound to happen, 

70:2 to the disbelievers, none can avert, 

70:3 from Allah, the Lord of pathways of (heavenly) ascent, 

70:4 by which the angels and the Spirit (Jibreel  عليه السلام) ascend to Him, on a Day whose length is fifty thousand years. 

70:5 So endure (the denial, O Prophet  ﷺ),  with gracious patience.  

70:6 Surely! They see it (the Day of judgment) to be far off;

70:7 But we see it quiet near.

70:8 On the Day the sky will be like molten brass,

70:9 and the mountains like tufts of wool;

70:10 and no friend will ask about a friend,

70:11 although, they would see each other.  The criminal, that day, would like to escape punishment by offering his own son as ransom,

70:12 and his wife and his brother,

70:13 his relatives who gave him shelter,

70:14 and everyone on earth, if that could save him.

70:15 But no! There will certainly be a raging Flame,

70:16 that  will scald away the scalps (of the unbelievers).

70:17 It will summon (by name), all those who turned their backs and ran away (from the truth),

70:18 who collected (wealth) but kept it hidden (from spending in the cause of Allah).

70:19 Surely, human has been created very impatient,

70:20 when the evil touches him, he is distressed,

70:21 but when good (fortune) touches him, he is stingy;

70:22 with the exception of those who offer Salah (prayer),

70:23 those who remain steadfast in their prayers,

70:24 and  those who set aside a due share in their wealth,

70:25 for the beggar who asks and for the deprived (who lost property and wealth),

70:26 and those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

70:27 and those who fear the punishment of their Lord.

70:28 They do  not take their Lord's punishment for granted.

70:29 Those who guard their chastity,

70:30 except with their wives or those whom their right hands possess,  so they are not to be blamed.

70:31 As for those who seek to go beyond this, they are transgressors.

70:32 And those who keep their trusts and their covenants.

70:33 And those who stand by their testimonies.

70:34 Those who perform their Salah  devotedly and diligently.

70:35 Those will be honored in the Gardens (Paradise).

70:36 So what is wrong with the unbelievers? Why do they run towards you?

70:37 From the right and the left, in groups (to mock at you)?

70:38 Does every one of them expect to be admitted into a Garden of Bliss?

70:39 But no! Indeed, they (already) know what We created them from.

70:40 So, I swear by the Lord of all points of sunrise in the east , and sunset in the west, that surely We (the Lord of the Worlds) are capable,

70:41 to replace them with (people) better than they; and nothing can prevent Us from doing that.

70:42 So let them indulge (in falsehood) and amuse (themselves) until they face their Day, which they have been warned with.

70:43 The day when they emerge from the graves, hastening, as if racing toward a target,

70:44 with eyes downcast, utterly covered with disgrace. That is the Day they have  been warned of.