:1. A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall-
:2. The Unbelievers, the which there is none to ward off,-
:3. (A Penalty) from Allah, Lord of the Ways of Ascent.
:4. The angels and the spirit ascend unto him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years:
:5. Therefore do thou hold Patience,- a Patience of beautiful (contentment).
:6. They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event):
:7. But We see it (quite) near.
:8. The Day that the sky will be like molten brass,
:9. And the mountains will be like wool,
:10. And no friend will ask after a friend,
