سُورَةُ المَعَارِجِ
Al-Ma'aarij
The Ascending Stairways · Meccan · 44 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ ﴿1﴾
Sa ala saaa'ilum bi'azaa binw-waaqi'
70:1An asker asked for a punishment sure to befall
لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ ﴿2﴾
Lilkaafireen laisa lahoo daafi'
70:2—which none can avert from the faithless —
مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ ﴿3﴾
Minal laahi zil ma'aarij
70:3from Allah, Lord of the lofty stations.
تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍۢ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ ﴿4﴾
Ta'rujul malaaa'ikatu war Roohu ilaihi fee yawmin kaana miqdaaruhoo khamseena alfa sanah
70:4The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day whose span is fifty thousand years.
فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا ﴿5﴾
Fasbir ssabran jameelaa
70:5So be patient, with a patience that is graceful.
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا ﴿6﴾
Inaahum yarawnahoo ba'eedaa
70:6Indeed they see it to be far off,
وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا ﴿7﴾
Wa naraahu qareebaa
70:7and We see it to be near.
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ ﴿8﴾
Yawma takoonus samaaa'u kalmuhl
70:8The day when the sky will be like molten copper,
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ﴿9﴾
Wa takoonul jibaalu kal'ihn
70:9and the mountains like [tufts of] dyed wool,
وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا ﴿10﴾
Wa laa yas'alu hameemun hameemaa
70:10and no friend will inquire about [the welfare of his] friend,
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ ﴿11﴾
Yubassaroonahum; ya waddul mujrimu law yaftadee min 'azaabi yawma'izim bibaneeh
70:11[though] they will be placed within each other’s sight. The guilty one will wish he could ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children,
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ ﴿12﴾
Wa saahibatihee wa akheeh
70:12his spouse and his brother,
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ ﴿13﴾
Wa faseelathil latee tu'weeh
70:13his kin, which had sheltered him
وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ﴿14﴾
Wa man fil ardi jamee'an summa yunjeeh
70:14and all those who are upon the earth, if that might deliver him.
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ ﴿15﴾
Kallaa innahaa lazaa
70:15Never! Indeed, it is a blazing fire,
نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ ﴿16﴾
Nazzaa'atal lishshawaa
70:16which strips away the scalp.
تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿17﴾
Tad'oo man adbara wa tawallaa
70:17It invites him, who has turned back [from the truth] and forsaken [it],
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ ﴿18﴾
W jama'a fa aw'aa
70:18amassing [wealth] and hoarding [it].
۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ﴿19﴾
Innal insaana khuliqa haloo'aa
70:19Indeed man has been created covetous:
إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭا ﴿20﴾
Izaa massahush sharru jazoo'aa
70:20anxious when an ill befalls him
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا ﴿21﴾
Wa izaa massahul khairu manoo'aa
70:21and grudging [charity] when good comes his way
إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ ﴿22﴾
Illal musalleen
70:22—[all are such] except the prayerful,
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ ﴿23﴾
Allazeena hum 'alaa Salaatihim daaa'imoon
70:23those who persevere in their prayers
وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ ﴿24﴾
Wallazeena feee amwaalihim haqqum ma'loom
70:24and there is a known share in whose wealth
لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ ﴿25﴾
Lissaaa 'ili walmahroom
70:25for the beggar and the deprived,
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿26﴾
Wallazeena yusaddiqoona bi yawmid Deen
70:26and who affirm the Day of Retribution,
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ ﴿27﴾
Wallazeena hum min 'azaabi Rabbihim mushfiqoon
70:27and those who are apprehensive of the punishment of their Lord
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍۢ ﴿28﴾
Inna 'azaaba Rabbihim ghairu maamoon
70:28(there is indeed no security from the punishment of their Lord)
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ ﴿29﴾
Wallazeena hum lifuroo jihim haafizoon
70:29and those who guard their private parts
إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ ﴿30﴾
Illaa 'alaaa azwaajihim aw maa malakat aymaanuhum fainnahum ghairu maloomeen
70:30(apart from their spouses and their slave women, for then they are not blameworthy;
فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ ﴿31﴾
Famanib taghaa waraaa'a zaalika fa ulaaa'ika humul 'aadoon
70:31but whoever seeks beyond that—it is they who are the transgressors)
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ ﴿32﴾
Wallazeena hum li amaa naatihim wa 'ahdihim raa'oon
70:32and those who keep their trusts and covenants,
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ ﴿33﴾
Wallazeena hum bishahaadaatihim qaaa'imoon
70:33and those who are observant of their testimonies,
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ ﴿34﴾
Wallazeena hum 'alaa salaatihim yuhaafizoon
70:34and those who are watchful of their prayers.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ مُّكْرَمُونَ ﴿35﴾
Ulaaa'ika fee jannaatim mukramoon
70:35They will be in gardens, held in honour.
فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ ﴿36﴾
Famaa lil lazeena kafaroo qibalaka muhti'een
70:36What is the matter with the faithless that they scramble toward you,
عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ ﴿37﴾
'Anil yameeni wa 'anish shimaali 'izeen
70:37from left and right, in groups?
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍۢ ﴿38﴾
Ayatma'u kullum ri'im minhum anyyudkhala jannata Na'eem
70:38Does each man among them hope to enter the garden of bliss?
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿39﴾
Kallaaa innaa khalaq nahum mimmaa ya'lamoon
70:39Never! Indeed, We created them from what they know.
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ ﴿40﴾
Falaaa uqsimu bi Rabbil mashaariqi wal maghaaribi innaa laqaadiroon
70:40So I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests that We are able
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ﴿41﴾
'Alaaa an nubaddila khairam minhum wa maa Nahnu bimasbooqeen
70:41to replace them with [others] better than them and We are not to be outmaneuvered.
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ﴿42﴾
Fazarhum yakhoodoo wa yal'aboo hattaa yulaaqoo yaw mahumul lazee yoo'adoon
70:42So leave them to gossip and play till they encounter the day they are promised:
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًۭا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍۢ يُوفِضُونَ ﴿43﴾
Yawma yakhrujoona minal ajdaasi siraa'an ka anna hum ilaa nusubiny yoofidoon
70:43the day when they emerge from graves, hastening, as if racing toward a target,
خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ ﴿44﴾
Khaashi'atan absaaruhum tarhaquhum zillah; zaalikal yawmul lazee kaanoo yoo'adoon
70:44with a humbled look [in their eyes], overcast by abasement. That is the day they had been promised.