Verses 32–44

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ﴿٣٢﴾

70:32and those who keep their trusts and covenants,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ﴿٣٣﴾

70:33and those who are observant of their testimonies,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ﴿٣٤﴾

70:34and those who are watchful of their prayers.

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ مُّكْرَمُونَ﴿٣٥﴾

70:35They will be in gardens, held in honour.

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ﴿٣٦﴾

70:36What is the matter with the faithless that they scramble toward you,

عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ﴿٣٧﴾

70:37from left and right, in groups?¹

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍۢ﴿٣٨﴾

70:38Does each man among them hope to enter the garden of bliss?

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ﴿٣٩﴾

70:39Never! Indeed, We created them from what they know.²

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ﴿٤٠﴾

70:40So I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests that We are able³

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ﴿٤١﴾

70:41to replace them with [others] better than them and We are not to be outmaneuvered.⁴

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ﴿٤٢﴾

70:42So leave them to gossip and play till they encounter the day they are promised:

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًۭا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍۢ يُوفِضُونَ﴿٤٣﴾

70:43the day when they emerge from graves, hastening, as if racing toward a target,⁵⁶⁷

خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ﴿٤٤﴾

70:44with a humbled look [in their eyes], overcast by abasement. That is the day they had been promised.⁸