سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ

[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent

تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ

The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years

فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا

So be patient with gracious patience