45 We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,

46 Then cut off his heart’s vein.

47 And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.

48 And surely it is a Reminder for the dutiful.

49 And We certainly know that some of you are rejectors.

50 And it is indeed a (source of) grief to the disbelievers.

51 And surely it is the certain Truth.

52 So glorify the name of thy Lord, the incomparably Great.

Chapter 70 Al-Ma‘ārij: The Ways of Ascent

1 A questioner asks about the chastisement to befall

2 The disbelievers — there is none to avert it —

3 From Allāh, Lord of the ways of Ascent.

4 To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years.

5 So be patient with a goodly patience.

6 Surely they see it far off,

7 And We see it nigh.

8 The day when the heaven is as molten brass,

9 And the mountains are as wool;

10 And no friend will ask of friend,

11 (Though) they are made to see them. The guilty one would fain redeem himself from the chastisement of that day by his children,

12 And his wife and his brother,

13 And his kin that gave him shelter,

14 And all that are in the earth — then deliver him —

15 By no means! Surely it is a flaming Fire,

16 Plucking out the extremities —