Al-Ma'arij
المعارج
Chapter 70. The Ascending Stairways
Al-Ma'arij 70:1
سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ
A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall
Al-Ma'arij 70:2
لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ
Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,
Al-Ma'arij 70:3
مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ
From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways
Al-Ma'arij 70:4
تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ
(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.
Al-Ma'arij 70:5
فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا
But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.
Al-Ma'arij 70:6
إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا
Lo! they behold it afar off
Al-Ma'arij 70:7
وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا
While we behold it nigh:
Al-Ma'arij 70:8
يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ
The day when the sky will become as molten copper,
Al-Ma'arij 70:9
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ
And the hills become as flakes of wool,
Al-Ma'arij 70:10
وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمٗا
And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend
Al-Ma'arij 70:11
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ
Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children
Al-Ma'arij 70:12
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
And his spouse and his brother
Al-Ma'arij 70:13
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ
And his kin that harboured him
Al-Ma'arij 70:14
وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.
Al-Ma'arij 70:15
كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell
Al-Ma'arij 70:16
نَزَّاعَةٗ لِّلشَّوَىٰ
Eager to roast;
Al-Ma'arij 70:17
تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),
Al-Ma'arij 70:18
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ
And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.
Al-Ma'arij 70:19
۞إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Lo! man was created anxious,
Al-Ma'arij 70:20
إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعٗا
Fretful when evil befalleth him
Al-Ma'arij 70:21
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا
And, when good befalleth him, grudging;
Al-Ma'arij 70:22
إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ
Save worshippers.
Al-Ma'arij 70:23
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ
Who are constant at their worship
Al-Ma'arij 70:24
وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ
And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged
Al-Ma'arij 70:25
لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ
For the beggar and the destitute;
Al-Ma'arij 70:26
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,
Al-Ma'arij 70:27
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ
And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -
Al-Ma'arij 70:28
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونٖ
Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -
Al-Ma'arij 70:29
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ
And those who preserve their chastity
Al-Ma'arij 70:30
إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ
Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;
Al-Ma'arij 70:31
فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ
But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;
Al-Ma'arij 70:32
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ
And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,
Al-Ma'arij 70:33
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُونَ
And those who stand by their testimony
Al-Ma'arij 70:34
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ
And those who are attentive at their worship.
Al-Ma'arij 70:35
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ مُّكۡرَمُونَ
These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.
Al-Ma'arij 70:36
فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِينَ
What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open-eyed,
Al-Ma'arij 70:37
عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
On the right and on the left, in groups?
Al-Ma'arij 70:38
أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٖ
Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight?
Al-Ma'arij 70:39
كَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ
Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.
Al-Ma'arij 70:40
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ
But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the setting-places of the planets that We verily are Able
Al-Ma'arij 70:41
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ
To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.
Al-Ma'arij 70:42
فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,
Al-Ma'arij 70:43
يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعٗا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٖ يُوفِضُونَ
The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,
Al-Ma'arij 70:44
خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٞۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ
With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.