[Read out to them, O Prophet,] In the name of Allah, Mercy abundant, Mercy eternal. A fervent demander has sarcastically^[1] asked for the great punishment^[2] that shall befall these rejecters. [It shall indeed come to pass and when it comes,] no one shall be able to turn it away [from these rejecters]; [for] it shall be from the [Great] Lord of the ascending paths. [These rejecters are prone to judging God's decisions and their implementation by their own standards of time. Tell them that] the angels and Al-Rooh^[3] ascend to Him in a day, the length of which is like fifty thousand years of your reckoning. Therefore, [O Prophet, in response to their sarcasm,] conduct yourself with becoming patience. [In their limited perspective,] they consider it^[4] to be far off, while We see it quite near at hand.

[It will not be long before they shall see it too]. That day, when this sky shall be [red] as the sediment of oil and when these mountains shall be [frail] as carded cotton and even the closest of friends [at that time] shall not be concerned about [the well being of] another friend, even though they shall see each other. This criminal^[5] would wish if he could only redeem himself from the [great] torment of that day by exchanging for himself his sons, his wife, his brother, his whole family - which provided him protection - and every person on earth, then, thereby, save himself from it. Absolutely not! It is a flaming Fire, stripping off the skin, calling every person who turned his back [upon the call of the messenger] and looked the other way [ignoring his warnings] and amassed riches and refused to spend it [to help others].

[O Prophet, they shall remain eager in their demands to see God's punishment, for] indeed man is made with an element of impatience: [As a result, if he does not train himself,] when evil afflicts him, he despairs and when good comes his way, he becomes miserly. [This is the case of man, in general,] but not the praying ones; the ones, who, with regard to their prayers are consistently regular; the ones in whose wealth is a determined right for those who ask for their help and [also those, whom they know to be] the needy; the ones, who believe in the Day of Judgment as a reality; the ones, who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord - undoubtedly, the punishment of their Lord is not something to feel secure from; the ones, who preserve their chastity - except from their spouses and from those, whom they own^[6], for indeed there shall be no blame upon them, but whoever desires to go beyond this [limit], these indeed are the transgressors; the ones, who, with respect to their trusts and their agreements, are extremely conscious; the ones, who, in their testimonies, are upright; the ones, who, with respect to their prayers are overly guarding. These indeed shall be highly honored in gardens of bliss.

[This shall most definitely come to pass and God shall most certainly honor the obedient.] But what is the matter with these rejecters, [that hearing this decree of the Almighty] they are dashing towards you, in crowds, from left and right [trying to overwhelm you and dissuade you from delivering this message]? Does each one of them expect to be entered in the blissful gardens [merely because he enjoys a high social standing in this world]? Absolutely not! [However honored they may consider themselves to be, but the fact is that] We have created them with that [lowly] material, which they are themselves well aware of.

But [in response to all this, they say that such a day shall never come to pass and that no one shall be able to raise the dead.] No! I bring to witness [the powers of the] Lord of all the vastness of the East and all the vastness of the West that most definitely We have the power to [resurrect them and to] replace them with a creation much better than they [now] are, and this shall not be beyond Our powers.

Therefore, [O Prophet,] leave them drowned in their sarcasm and in their fun and games until they come face-to-face with the day that they are warned against. The day, when they shall hasten out of their graves, as if they are racing towards [determined] marks [set for their race]. [Look at them!] Their eyes downcast [in shame]; they are overwhelmed with humiliation.

This is the day, which they were warned against.