Chapter 70: AL-MAARIJ (THE ASCENDING STAIRWAYS) - Translation
though they are in sight of each other. to ransom himself from the punishment of that day, the sinner will wish that he might even ransom himself by his sons, (11)
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ ﴿11﴾
his companion (wife), his brother, (12)
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ ﴿12﴾
the kinsmen who gave him shelter, (13)
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِي تُؤْويهِ ﴿13﴾
and whosoever is in the earth, altogether, so that it might save him. (14)
وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ﴿14﴾
no, in truth, it is a furnace! (15)
كَلَّا إِنَّهَا لَظَى ﴿15﴾
it snatches away by the scalps, (16)
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَى ﴿16﴾
and it shall call him who withdrew and turned his back (17)
تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّى ﴿17﴾
and amassed (riches) and hoarded. (18)
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَى ﴿18﴾
indeed, the human was created grudging and impatient. (19)
إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ﴿19﴾
when evil comes upon him he is impatient; (20)
إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا ﴿20﴾
