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Al-Ma'arij

المعارج

“The Ascending Stairways”

Chapter 70

44 Verses

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Ayah 1

سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ

Translation

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

Ayah 2

لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ

Translation

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer

Ayah 3

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ

Translation

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

Ayah 4

تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ

Translation

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

Ayah 5

فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا

Translation

So be patient with gracious patience

Ayah 6

إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا

Translation

Indeed, they see it [as] distant

Ayah 7

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا

Translation

But We see it [as] near

Ayah 8

يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ

Translation

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil

Ayah 9

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ

Translation

And the mountains will be like wool

Ayah 10

وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمٗا

Translation

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend

Ayah 11

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ

Translation

They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

Ayah 12

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

Translation

And his wife and his brother

Ayah 13

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ

Translation

And his nearest kindred who shelter him

Ayah 14

وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

Translation

And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him

Ayah 15

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

Translation

No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell]

نَزَّاعَةٗ لِّلشَّوَىٰ

NazzaAAatan lilshshawa

A remover of exteriors

Verse 16

تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

Verse 17

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ

WajamaAAa faawAAa

And collected [wealth] and hoarded

Verse 18

۞إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan

Indeed, mankind was created anxious

Verse 19

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعٗا

Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan

When evil touches him, impatient

Verse 20

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا

Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan

And when good touches him, withholding [of it]

Verse 21

إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ

Illa almusalleena

Except the observers of prayer

Verse 22

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ

Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona

Those who are constant in their prayer

Verse 23

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ

Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun

And those within whose wealth is a known right

Verse 24

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ

Lilssaili waalmahroomi

For the petitioner and the deprived

Verse 25

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni

And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

Verse 26

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ

Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona

And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord

Verse 27

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونٖ

Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin

Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe

Verse 28

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ

Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona

And those who guard their private parts

Verse 29

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ

Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena

Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed

Verse 30

فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ

Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona

But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors

Verse 31

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ

Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona

And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

Verse 32

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُونَ

Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona

And those who are in their testimonies upright

Verse 33

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ

Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona

And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer

Verse 34

أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ مُّكۡرَمُونَ

Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona

They will be in gardens, honored

Verse 35

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِينَ

Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena

So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad]

Verse 36

عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena

[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups

Verse 37

أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٖ

AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin

Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure

Verse 38

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ

Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona

No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know

Verse 39

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ

Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona

So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

Verse 40

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ

AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena

To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone

Verse 41

فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ

Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised

Verse 42

يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعٗا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٖ يُوفِضُونَ

Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona

The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening

Verse 43

خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٞۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ

KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona

Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised

Verse 44