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Al-Ma'arij

المعارج

The Ascending Stairways • 44 Ayahs

1

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ

Saala sa-ilun biAAathabin waqiAA

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen1
2

لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ

Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAA

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
3

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ

Mina Allahi thee almaAAarij

[It is] from Allāh, owner of the ways of ascent.
4

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ

TaAAruju almala-ikatu warroohuilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfasana

The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
5

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا

Fasbir sabran jameela

So be patient with gracious patience.
6

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا

Innahum yarawnahu baAAeeda

Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
7

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا

Wanarahu qareeba

But We see it [as] near.
8

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ

Yawma takoonu assamao kalmuhl

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,1
9

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ

Watakoonu aljibalu kalAAihn

And the mountains will be like wool,1
10

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا

Wala yas-alu hameemun hameema

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
11

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ

Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu lawyaftadee min AAathabi yawmi-ithin bibaneeh

They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children.
12

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

Wasahibatihi waakheeh

And his wife and his brother
13

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ

Wafaseelatihi allatee tu/weeh

And his nearest kindred who shelter him.
14

وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

Waman fee al-ardi jameeAAan thummayunjeeh

And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
15

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

Kalla innaha latha

No!1 Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
16

نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ

NazzaAAatan lishshawa

A remover of exteriors.1
17

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
18

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ

WajamaAAa faawAAa

And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
19

۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

Inna al-insana khuliqa halooAAa

Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
20

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا

Itha massahu ashsharrujazooAAa

When evil touches him, impatient,
21

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

Wa-itha massahu alkhayru manooAAa

And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
22

إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

Illa almusalleen

Except the observers of prayer -
23

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ

Allatheena hum AAala salatihimda-imoon

Those who are constant in their prayer
24

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ

Wallatheena fee amwalihimhaqqun maAAloom

And those within whose wealth is a known right1
25

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ

Lissa-ili walmahroom

For the petitioner and the deprived -
26

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Wallatheena yusaddiqoonabiyawmi addeen

And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
27

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ

Wallatheena hum min AAathabirabbihim mushfiqoon

And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
28

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ

Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru ma/moon

Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
29

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ

Wallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoon

And those who guard their private parts
30

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

Illa AAala azwajihim awma malakat aymanuhum fa-innahum ghayru maloomeen

Except from their wives or those their right hands possess,1 for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
31

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ

Famani ibtagha waraa thalikafaola-ika humu alAAadoon

But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
32

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ

Wallatheena hum li-amanatihimwaAAahdihim raAAoon

And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive.
33

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ

Wallatheena hum bishahadatihimqa-imoon

And those who are in their testimonies upright
34

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

Wallatheena hum AAala salatihimyuhafithoon

And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
35

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ

Ola-ika fee jannatin mukramoon

They will be in gardens,1 honored.
36

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ

Famali allatheena kafarooqibalaka muhtiAAeen

So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muḥammad],
37

عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

AAani alyameeni waAAani ashshimaliAAizeen

[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?1
38

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ

AyatmaAAu kullu imri-in minhum anyudkhala jannata naAAeem

Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
39

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

Kalla inna khalaqnahummimma yaAAlamoon

No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.1
40

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ

Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqiwalmagharibi inna laqadiroon

So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings1 that indeed We are able
41

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wamanahnu bimasbooqeen

To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
42

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

Fatharhum yakhoodoowayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allatheeyooAAadoon

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -
43

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ

Yawma yakhrujoona mina al-ajdathi siraAAankaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoon

The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.1
44

خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

KhashiAAatan absaruhumtarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allatheekanoo yooAAadoon

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