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

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

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ ﴿١﴾

A caller supplicated about a punishment to fall on

لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ ﴿٢﴾

the unbelievers which none can prevent.

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ ﴿٣﴾

(A punishment) from Allah, the Owner of the Elevated Passages.

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍۢ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ ﴿٤﴾

To Him the angels and the Spirit (Gabriel) ascend in a day, the measure of which is fifty thousand years.

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا ﴿٥﴾

Therefore be patient, with a beautiful patience;

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا ﴿٦﴾

they see it as being far off;

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا ﴿٧﴾

but We see it near.

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ ﴿٨﴾

On that Day the heaven shall become like molten copper,

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ﴿٩﴾

and the mountains shall be like puffs of wool.

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا ﴿١٠﴾

No loyal friend will ask another loyal friend

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ ﴿١١﴾

though they are in sight of each other. To ransom himself from the punishment of that Day, the sinner will wish that he might even ransom himself by his sons,

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ ﴿١٢﴾

his companion (wife), his brother,

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ ﴿١٣﴾

the kinsmen who gave him shelter,

وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ﴿١٤﴾

and whosoever is in the earth, altogether, so that it might save him.

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ ﴿١٥﴾

No, in truth, it is a Furnace!

نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ ﴿١٦﴾

It snatches away by the scalps,

تَدْعُواْ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿١٧﴾

and it shall call him who withdrew and turned his back

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ ﴿١٨﴾

and amassed (riches) and hoarded.

۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ﴿١٩﴾

Indeed, the human was created grudging and impatient.

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭا ﴿٢٠﴾

When evil comes upon him he is impatient;

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا ﴿٢١﴾

but when good comes upon him, he is grudging

إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ ﴿٢٢﴾

except those that pray

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

who are constant in prayer;

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ ﴿٢٤﴾

who, from their wealth is a known right

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ ﴿٢٥﴾

for the impoverished nonrequester and the requester,

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٢٦﴾

who confirm the Day of Reckoning

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾

and go in fear of the punishment of their Lord,

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍۢ ﴿٢٨﴾

for none is secure from the punishment of their Lord,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

who guard their privates

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ ﴿٣٠﴾

except from their wives and what their right hands own, for these they are not blameworthy.

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ ﴿٣١﴾

But whosoever seeks beyond that, they are the transgressors.

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

(Those) who keep their trusts and their covenant,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

and standby their witnessing,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

and who are constant in their prayers.

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ مُّكْرَمُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

Those are highly honored in the Gardens.

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ ﴿٣٦﴾

But what is the matter with the unbelievers, that they strain their glances continuously towards them,

عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ ﴿٣٧﴾

on the right and on the left in groups?

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍۢ ﴿٣٨﴾

What, is every one of them eager to be admitted to the Garden of Bliss?

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

Not at all, for We have created them of what they know.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾

No, I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We have the ability

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ﴿٤١﴾

to exchange them with others better than they; nothing can outstrip Us!

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلْعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

So leave them alone to plunge and play, until they encounter the Day which they are promised;

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًۭا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍۢ يُوفِضُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

the Day when they shall rush from their graves, as if they were hurrying to a raised flag,

خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾

their eyes are humbled and they are covered with humiliation. Such is the Day that they were promised.

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