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Surah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent )

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Surah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Aya count 44

سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ ﰀ ﴿١﴾

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ ﰁ ﴿٢﴾

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ ﰂ ﴿٣﴾

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

تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ ﰃ ﴿٤﴾

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

فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا ﰄ ﴿٥﴾

So be patient with gracious patience.

إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا ﰅ ﴿٦﴾

Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا ﰆ ﴿٧﴾

But We see it [as] near.

يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ ﰇ ﴿٨﴾

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ﰈ ﴿٩﴾

And the mountains will be like wool,

وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمٗا ﰉ ﴿١٠﴾

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

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ ﰊ ﴿١١﴾

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

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ ﰋ ﴿١٢﴾

And his wife and his brother

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ ﰌ ﴿١٣﴾

And his nearest kindred who shelter him

وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ﰍ ﴿١٤﴾

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

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ ﰎ ﴿١٥﴾

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

نَزَّاعَةٗ لِّلشَّوَىٰ ﰏ ﴿١٦﴾

A remover of exteriors.

تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﰐ ﴿١٧﴾

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

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ ﰑ ﴿١٨﴾

And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

۞ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ﰒ ﴿١٩﴾

Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعٗا ﰓ ﴿٢٠﴾

When evil touches him, impatient,

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا ﰔ ﴿٢١﴾

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

إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ ﰕ ﴿٢٢﴾

Except the observers of prayer -

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ ﰖ ﴿٢٣﴾

Those who are constant in their prayer

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ ﰗ ﴿٢٤﴾

And those within whose wealth is a known right

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ﰘ ﴿٢٥﴾

For the petitioner and the deprived -

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﰙ ﴿٢٦﴾

And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ ﰚ ﴿٢٧﴾

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

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونٖ ﰛ ﴿٢٨﴾

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

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ ﰜ ﴿٢٩﴾

And those who guard their private parts

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ ﰝ ﴿٣٠﴾

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

فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ ﰞ ﴿٣١﴾

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

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ ﰟ ﴿٣٢﴾

And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُونَ ﰠ ﴿٣٣﴾

And those who are in their testimonies upright

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ ﰡ ﴿٣٤﴾

And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ مُّكۡرَمُونَ ﰢ ﴿٣٥﴾

They will be in gardens, honored.

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِينَ ﰣ ﴿٣٦﴾

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

عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ ﰤ ﴿٣٧﴾

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

أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٖ ﰥ ﴿٣٨﴾

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

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ ﰦ ﴿٣٩﴾

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

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ ﰧ ﴿٤٠﴾

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

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ ﰨ ﴿٤١﴾

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

فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ ﰩ ﴿٤٢﴾

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

يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعٗا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٖ يُوفِضُونَ ﰪ ﴿٤٣﴾

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

خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٞۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ ﰫ ﴿٤٤﴾

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