المعارج

1ONE who is minded to ask might ask about the suffering which [in the hereafter] is bound to befall

2those who deny the truth. [Know, then, that] nothing can ward it off,

3[since it will come] from God, unto whom there are many ways of ascent:

4all the angels and all the inspiration [ever granted to man] ascend unto Him [daily,] in a day the length whereof is [like] fifty thousand years…

5Therefore, [O believer,] endure all adversity with goodly patience:

6behold, men look upon that [reckoning] as something far away –

7but, We see it as near!

8[It will take place] on a Day when the sky will be like molten lead,

9and the mountains will be like tufts of wool,

10and [when] no friend will ask about his friend,