Qur'an 70 · Makkan · 44 ayat

المعارج — Al-Ma'arij

The Ascending Stairways

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
sa-ala
Asked
sāilun
a questioner
biʿadhābin
about a punishment
wāqiʿin
bound to happen
۝١
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
lil'kāfirīna
To the disbelievers
laysa
not
lahu
of it
dāfiʿun
any preventer
۝٢
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
mina
From
l-lahi
Allah
dhī
Owner
l-maʿāriji
(of) the ways of ascent
۝٣
[It is] from Allāh, owner of the ways of ascent.
taʿruju
Ascend
l-malāikatu
the Angels
wal-rūḥu
and the Spirit
ilayhi
to Him
fī
in
yawmin
a Day
kāna
[is]
miq'dāruhu
its measure
khamsīna
(is) fifty
alfa
thousand
sanatin
year(s)
۝٤
The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
fa-iṣ'bir
So be patient
ṣabran
a patience
jamīlan
good
۝٥
So be patient with gracious patience.
innahum
Indeed, they
yarawnahu
see it
baʿīdan
(as) far off
۝٦
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
wanarāhu
But We see it
qarīban
near
۝٧
But We see it [as] near.
yawma
(The) Day
takūnu
will be
l-samāu
the sky
kal-muh'li
like molten copper
۝٨
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
watakūnu
And will be
l-jibālu
the mountains
kal-ʿih'ni
like wool
۝٩
And the mountains will be like wool,
walā
And not
yasalu
will ask
ḥamīmun
a friend
ḥamīman
(about) a friend
۝١٠
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
yubaṣṣarūnahum
They will be made to see each other
yawaddu
Would wish
l-muj'rimu
the criminal
law
if
yaftadī
he (could be) ransomed
min
from
ʿadhābi
(the) punishment
yawmi-idhin
(of) that Day
bibanīhi
by his children
۝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.
waṣāḥibatihi
And his spouse
wa-akhīhi
and his brother
۝١٢
And his wife and his brother
wafaṣīlatihi
And his nearest kindred
allatī
who
tu'wīhi
sheltered him
۝١٣
And his nearest kindred who shelter him.
waman
And whoever
fī
(is) on
l-arḍi
the earth
jamīʿan
all
thumma
then
yunjīhi
it (could) save him
۝١٤
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
kallā
By no means
innahā
Indeed, it (is)
laẓā
surely a Flame of Hell
۝١٥
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
nazzāʿatan
A remover
lilshawā
of the skin of the head
۝١٦
A remover of exteriors.
tadʿū
Inviting
man
(him) who
adbara
turned his back
watawallā
and went away
۝١٧
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
wajamaʿa
And collected
fa-awʿā
and hoarded
۝١٨
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
inna
Indeed
l-insāna
the man
khuliqa
was created
halūʿan
anxious
۝١٩
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
idhā
When
massahu
touches him
l-sharu
the evil
jazūʿan
distressed
۝٢٠
When evil touches him, impatient,
wa-idhā
And when
massahu
touches him
l-khayru
the good
manūʿan
withholding
۝٢١
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
illā
Except
l-muṣalīna
those who pray
۝٢٢
Except the observers of prayer -
alladhīna
Those who
hum
[they]
ʿalā
at
ṣalātihim
their prayer
dāimūna
(are) constant
۝٢٣
Those who are constant in their prayer
wa-alladhīna
And those who
fī
in
amwālihim
their wealth
ḥaqqun
(is) a right
maʿlūmun
known
۝٢٤
And those within whose wealth is a known right
lilssāili
For the one who asks
wal-maḥrūmi
and the deprived
۝٢٥
For the petitioner and the deprived -
wa-alladhīna
And those who
yuṣaddiqūna
accept (the) truth
biyawmi
(of the) Day
l-dīni
(of) the Judgment
۝٢٦
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
wa-alladhīna
And those who
hum
[they]
min
of
ʿadhābi
(the) punishment
rabbihim
(of) their Lord
mush'fiqūna
(are) fearful
۝٢٧
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
inna
Indeed
ʿadhāba
(the) punishment
rabbihim
(of) your Lord
ghayru
(is) not
mamūnin
to be felt secure (of)
۝٢٨
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
wa-alladhīna
And those who
hum
[they]
lifurūjihim
their modesty
ḥāfiẓūna
(are) guardians
۝٢٩
And those who guard their private parts
illā
Except
ʿalā
from
azwājihim
their spouses
aw
or
mā
what
malakat
they possess
aymānuhum
rightfully
fa-innahum
then indeed, they
ghayru
(are) not
malūmīna
blameworthy
۝٣٠
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
famani
But whoever
ib'taghā
seeks
warāa
beyond
dhālika
that
fa-ulāika
then those
humu
[they]
l-ʿādūna
(are) the transgressors
۝٣١
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
wa-alladhīna
And those who
hum
[they]
li-amānātihim
of their trusts
waʿahdihim
and their promise
rāʿūna
(are) observers
۝٣٢
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive.
wa-alladhīna
And those who
hum
[they]
bishahādātihim
in their testimonies
qāimūna
stand firm
۝٣٣
And those who are in their testimonies upright
wa-alladhīna
And those who
hum
[they]
ʿalā
on
ṣalātihim
their prayer
yuḥāfiẓūna
keep a guard
۝٣٤
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
ulāika
Those
fī
(will be) in
jannātin
Gardens
muk'ramūna
honored
۝٣٥
They will be in gardens, honored.
famāli
So what is with
alladhīna
those who
kafarū
disbelieve
qibalaka
before you
muh'ṭiʿīna
(they) hasten
۝٣٦
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muḥammad],
ʿani
On
l-yamīni
the right
waʿani
and on
l-shimāli
the left
ʿizīna
(in) separate groups
۝٣٧
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
ayaṭmaʿu
Does long
kullu
every
im'ri-in
person
min'hum
among them
an
that
yud'khala
he enters
jannata
a Garden
naʿīmin
(of) Delight
۝٣٨
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
kallā
By no means
innā
Indeed, We
khalaqnāhum
[We] have created them
mimmā
from what
yaʿlamūna
they know
۝٣٩
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
falā
But nay
uq'simu
I swear
birabbi
by (the) Lord
l-mashāriqi
(of) the risings
wal-maghāribi
and the settings
innā
that We
laqādirūna
(are) surely Able
۝٤٠
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able
ʿalā
[On]
an
to
nubaddila
[We] replace
khayran
(with) better
min'hum
than them
wamā
and not
naḥnu
We
bimasbūqīna
(are) to be outrun
۝٤١
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
fadharhum
So leave them
yakhūḍū
(to) converse vainly
wayalʿabū
and amuse themselves
ḥattā
until
yulāqū
they meet
yawmahumu
their Day
alladhī
which
yūʿadūna
they are promised
۝٤٢
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -
yawma
(The) Day
yakhrujūna
they will come out
mina
from
l-ajdāthi
the graves
sirāʿan
rapidly
ka-annahum
as if they (were)
ilā
to
nuṣubin
a goal
yūfiḍūna
hastening
۝٤٣
The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.
khāshiʿatan
Humbled
abṣāruhum
their eyesights
tarhaquhum
will cover them
dhillatun
humiliation
dhālika
That
l-yawmu
(is) the Day
alladhī
which
kānū
they were
yūʿadūna
promised
۝٤٤
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.

Text: quran.com (Uthmani). Translation: Saheeh International (EN) / Muhammad Hamidullah (FR). Audio: everyayah.com.