Text:Sura al-Ma'arij
 | This is the text of al-Ma'arij. For the related article see Sura al-Ma'arij. |
| In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful. | بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| An asker asked for a punishment bound to befall (1) | سَأَلَ سائِلٌ بِعَذابٍ واقِعٍ (١) |
| —which none can avert from the faithless—[1] (2) | لِلكافِرينَ لَيسَ لَهُ دافِعٌ(٢) |
| from Allah, Lord of the lofty stations. (3) | مِنَ اللَّهِ ذِي المَعارِجِ(٣) |
| The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day whose span is fifty thousand years. (4) | تَعرُجُ المَلائِكَةُ وَالرّوحُ إِلَيهِ في يَومٍ كانَ مِقدارُهُ خَمسينَ أَلفَ سَنَةٍ(٤) |
| So be patient, with a patience that is graceful. (5) | فَاصبِر صَبرًا جَميلًا(٥) |
| Indeed they see it to be far off, (6) | إِنَّهُم يَرَونَهُ بَعيدًا(٦) |
| and We see it to be near. (7) | وَنَراهُ قَريبًا(٧) |
| The day when the sky will be like molten copper, (8) | يَومَ تَكونُ السَّماءُ كَالمُهلِ(٨) |
| and the mountains like [tufts of] dyed wool, (9) | وَتَكونُ الجِبالُ كَالعِهنِ(٩) |
| and no friend will inquire about [the welfare of his] friend,(10) | وَلا يَسأَلُ حَميمٌ حَميمًا(١٠) |
| [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, (11) | يُبَصَّرونَهُم ۚ يَوَدُّ المُجرِمُ لَو يَفتَدي مِن عَذابِ يَومِئِذٍ بِبَنيهِ(١١) |
| his spouse and his brother, (12) | وَصاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخيهِ(١٢) |
| his kin which had sheltered him (13) | وَفَصيلَتِهِ الَّتي تُؤويهِ(١٣) |
| and all those who are upon the earth, if that might deliver him. (14) | وَمَن فِي الأَرضِ جَميعًا ثُمَّ يُنجيهِ(١٤) |
| Never! Indeed it is a blazing fire, (15) | كَلّا ۖ إِنَّها لَظىٰ(١٥) |
| which strips away the scalp. (16) | نَزّاعَةً لِلشَّوىٰ(١٦) |
| It invites him who has turned back [from the truth] and forsaken [it], (17) | تَدعو مَن أَدبَرَ وَتَوَلّىٰ(١٧) |
| amassing [wealth] and hoarding [it]. (18) | وَجَمَعَ فَأَوعىٰ(١٨) |
| Indeed man has been created covetous: (19) | ۞ إِنَّ الإِنسانَ خُلِقَ هَلوعًا(١٩) |
| anxious when an ill befalls him (20) | إِذا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزوعًا(٢٠) |
| and grudging when good comes his way (21) | وَإِذا مَسَّهُ الخَيرُ مَنوعًا(٢١) |
| —[all are such] except the prayerful, (22) | إِلَّا المُصَلّينَ(٢٢) |
| those who are persevering in their prayers (23) | الَّذينَ هُم عَلىٰ صَلاتِهِم دائِمونَ(٢٣) |
| and in whose wealth there is a known right (24) | وَالَّذينَ في أَموالِهِم حَقٌّ مَعلومٌ(٢٤) |
| for the beggar and the deprived, (25) | لِلسّائِلِ وَالمَحرومِ(٢٥) |
| and who affirm the Day of Retribution, (26) | وَالَّذينَ يُصَدِّقونَ بِيَومِ الدّينِ(٢٦) |
| and those who are apprehensive of the punishment of their Lord (27) | وَالَّذينَ هُم مِن عَذابِ رَبِّهِم مُشفِقونَ(٢٧) |
| (there is indeed no security from the punishment of their Lord) (28) | إِنَّ عَذابَ رَبِّهِم غَيرُ مَأمونٍ(٢٨) |
| and those who guard their private parts (29) | وَالَّذينَ هُم لِفُروجِهِم حافِظونَ(٢٩) |
| (except from their spouses and their slave women, for then they are not blameworthy; (30) | إِلّا عَلىٰ أَزواجِهِم أَو ما مَلَكَت أَيمانُهُم فَإِنَّهُم غَيرُ مَلومينَ(٣٠) |
| but whoever seeks beyond that—it is they who are the transgressors) (31) | فَمَنِ ابتَغىٰ وَراءَ ذٰلِكَ فَأُولٰئِكَ هُمُ العادونَ(٣١) |
| and those who keep their trusts and covenants, (32) | وَالَّذينَ هُم لِأَماناتِهِم وَعَهدِهِم راعونَ(٣٢) |
| and those who are observant of their testimonies, (33) | وَالَّذينَ هُم بِشَهاداتِهِم قائِمونَ(٣٣) |
| and those who are watchful of their prayers. (34) | وَالَّذينَ هُم عَلىٰ صَلاتِهِم يُحافِظونَ(٣٤) |
| They will be in gardens, held in honour. (35) | أُولٰئِكَ في جَنّاتٍ مُكرَمونَ(٣٥) |
| What is the matter with the faithless that they scramble toward you (36) | فَمالِ الَّذينَ كَفَروا قِبَلَكَ مُهطِعينَ(٣٦) |
| from the left and the right in batches? (37) | عَنِ اليَمينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمالِ عِزينَ(٣٧) |
| Does each man among them hope to enter the garden of bliss? (38) | أَيَطمَعُ كُلُّ امرِئٍ مِنهُم أَن يُدخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعيمٍ(٣٨) |
| Never!
Indeed We created them from what they know.[2] (39) |
كَلّا ۖ إِنّا خَلَقناهُم مِمّا يَعلَمونَ(٣٩) |
| So I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests that We are able (40) | فَلا أُقسِمُ بِرَبِّ المَشارِقِ وَالمَغارِبِ إِنّا لَقادِرونَ(٤٠) |
| to replace them by [others] better than them and We are not to be outmaneuvered. (41) | عَلىٰ أَن نُبَدِّلَ خَيرًا مِنهُم وَما نَحنُ بِمَسبوقينَ(٤١) |
| So leave them to gossip and play until they encounter their day, which they are promised: (42) | فَذَرهُم يَخوضوا وَيَلعَبوا حَتّىٰ يُلاقوا يَومَهُمُ الَّذي يوعَدونَ(٤٢) |
| the day when they emerge from the graves, hastening, as if racing toward a target, (43) | يَومَ يَخرُجونَ مِنَ الأَجداثِ سِراعًا كَأَنَّهُم إِلىٰ نُصُبٍ يوفِضونَ(٤٣) |
| with a humbled look [in their eyes], overcast by abasement. That is the day they had been promised.[3] (44) | خاشِعَةً أَبصارُهُم تَرهَقُهُم ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذٰلِكَ اليَومُ الَّذي كانوا يوعَدونَ(٤٤) |
Notes
- ↑ Or ‘bound to befall the faithless—which none can avert—from Allah…’
- ↑ That is, from a drop of sperm.
- ↑ Translation from Qara'i, Ali Quli, THE QUR'AN With a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation, second edition, retrieved form al-Quran.info