Surah 70 · 44 verses

المعارج

Al-Ma'arij

Mecca · Makkiyah

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Hamzat al-Wasl
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Iqlab
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Qalqalah
Silent

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Bismillah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ

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A questioner questioned the imminent torment.

لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ

For the disbelievers; none can repel it.

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ

From God, Lord of the Ways of Ascent.

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍۢ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ

Unto Him the angels and the Spirit ascend on a Day the duration of which is fifty thousand years.

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا

So be patient, with sweet patience.

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا

They see it distant.

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا

But We see it near.

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ

On the Day when the sky will be like molten brass.

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ

And the mountains will be like tufted wool.

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا

No friend will care about his friend.

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ

They will be shown each other. The criminal wishes he would be redeemed from the punishment of that Day by his children.

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

And his spouse, and his brother.

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ

And his family that sheltered him.

وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

And everyone on earth, in order to save him.

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

By no means! It is a Raging Fire.

نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ

It strips away the scalps.

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

It invites him who once turned his back and fled.

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ

And accumulated and hoarded.

۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

Man was created restless.

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭا

Touched by adversity, he is fretful.

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

Touched by good, he is ungenerous.

إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

Except the prayerful.

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ

Those who are constant at their prayers.

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ

And those in whose wealth is a rightful share.

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ

For the beggar and the deprived.

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

And those who affirm the Day of Judgment.

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ

And those who fear the punishment of their Lord.

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍۢ

Their Lord's punishment is not to be taken for granted.

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ

And those who guard their chastity.

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

Except from their spouses or those living under their control, for then they are free of blame.

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ

But whoever seeks to go beyond that-these are the transgressors.

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ

And those who honor their trusts and their pledges.

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ

And those who stand by their testimonies.

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

And those who are dedicated to their prayers.

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ مُّكْرَمُونَ

These will be honored in Gardens.

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ

What is with those who disbelieve, stretching their necks towards you.

عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

From the right, and from the left, banding together?

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍۢ

Is every one of them aspiring to be admitted into a Garden of Bliss?

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

No indeed! We created them from what they know.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ

I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests, that We are Able.

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

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

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

So leave them to blunder and play, until they meet their Day which they are promised.

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًۭا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍۢ يُوفِضُونَ

The Day when they will emerge from the tombs in a rush, as though they were hurrying towards a target.

خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

Their eyes cast down; overwhelmed by humiliation. This is the Day which they were promised.

Arabic, Tajweed and audio from quranjson at revision 7ca6f46. English translation: Talal Itani (Tanzil.net). Recitation: Saad Al-Ghamadi.

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