Surah Al-Ma'arij المعارج

سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ ١

Sa'ala sā'ilu bi'adhābin wāqi'

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen¹⁷⁴⁸

لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ ٢

Llil-kāfirīna laysa lahū dāfi'

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ ٣

Mminallāhi dhil-ma'ārij

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

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

Ta'rujul-malā'ikatu war-rūhu ilayhi fī yawmin kāna miqdāruhū khamsīna alfa sanah

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

فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا ٥

Fasbir sabran jamīlā

So be patient with gracious patience.

إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا ٦

Innahum yarawnahū ba'īdā

Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا ٧

Wanarāhu qarībā

But We see it [as] near.

يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ ٨

Yawma takūnus-samā'u kal-muhl

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,¹⁷⁴⁹

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٩

Watakūnul-jibālu kal-'ihn

And the mountains will be like wool,¹⁷⁵⁰

وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمٗا ١٠

Walā yas'alu hamīmun hamīmā

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

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ ١١

Yubassarūnahum yawaddul-mujrimu law yaftadī min 'adhābi yawmi'idhi bibanīh

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 ١٢

Wasāhibatihī wa akhīh

And his wife and his brother

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ ١٣

Wafasīlatihil-latī tu'wīh

And his nearest kindred who shelter him

وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ١٤

Waman fil-ardi jamī'an thumma yunjīh

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

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ ١٥

Kallā innahā lazā

No!¹⁷⁵¹ Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],

نَزَّاعَةٗ لِّلشَّوَىٰ ١٦

Nazzā'atal lish-shawā

A remover of exteriors.¹⁷⁵²

تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ١٧

Tad'ū man adbara watawallā

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

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ ١٨

Wajama'a fa aw'ā

And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

۞ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ١٩

Innal-insāna khuliqa halū'ā

Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعٗا ٢٠

Idhā massahush-sharru jazū'ā

When evil touches him, impatient,

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا ٢١

Wa idhā massahul-khayru manū'ā

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

إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ ٢٢

Illal-musallīn

Except the observers of prayer -

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ ٢٣

Alladhīna hum 'alā salātihim dā'imūn

Those who are constant in their prayer

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ ٢٤

Walladhīna fī amwālihim haqqum ma'lūm

And those within whose wealth is a known right¹⁷⁵³

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ٢٥

Llis-sā'ili wal-mahrūm

For the petitioner and the deprived -

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ٢٦

Walladhīna yusaddiqūna biyawmid-dīn

And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ ٢٧

Walladhīna hum min 'adhābi rabbihim mushfiqūn

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

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونٖ ٢٨

Inna 'adhāba rabbihim ghayru ma'mūn

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

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ ٢٩

Walladhīna hum lifurūjihim hāfizūn

And those who guard their private parts

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ ٣٠

Illā 'alā azwājihim aw mā malakat aymānuhum fa innahum ghayru malūmīn

Except from their wives or those their right hands possess,¹⁷⁵⁴ for indeed, they are not to be blamed -

فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ ٣١

Famanibtaghā warā'a dhālika fa ulā'ika humul-'ādūn

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

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ ٣٢

Walladhīna hum li amānātihim wa'ahdihim rā'ūn

And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُونَ ٣٣

Walladhīna hum bishahādātihim qā'imūn

And those who are in their testimonies upright

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ ٣٤

Walladhīna hum 'alā salātihim yuhāfizūn

And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ مُّكۡرَمُونَ ٣٥

Ulā'ika fī jannātim mukramūn

They will be in gardens,¹⁷⁵⁵ honored.

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِينَ ٣٦

Famālil-ladhīna kafarū qibalaka muhti'īn

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

عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ ٣٧

'Anil-yamīni wa'anish-shimāli 'izīn

[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?¹⁷⁵⁶

أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٖ ٣٨

Ayatma'u kullumriy'im minhum an yudkhala jannata na'īm

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

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٩

Kallā innā khalaqnāhum mimmā ya'lamūn

No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.¹⁷⁵⁷

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ ٤٠

Falā uqsimu birabbil-mashāriqi wal-maghāribi innā laqādirūn

So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings¹⁷⁵⁸ that indeed We are able

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ ٤١

'Alā an nubaddila khayram minhum wamā nahnu bimasbūqīn

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

فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ ٤٢

Fadharhum yakhūdū wayal'abū hattā yulāqū yawmahumul-ladhī yū'adūn

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 ٤٣

Yawma yakhrujūna minal-ajdāthi sirā'an ka annahum ilā nusubin yūfidūn

The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.¹⁷⁵⁹

خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٞۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ ٤٤

Khāshi'atan absāruhum tarhaquhum dhillatun dhālikal-yawmul-ladhī kānū yū'adūn

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