Surah Al-Ma'aarij

سَاَلَ سَا࢜ىِٕلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَّاقِعٍ ۝١ۙ

1An asker asked for a punishment sure to befall

لِّلْكٰفِرِيْنَ لَيْسَ لَهٗ دَافِعٌ ۝٢ۙ

2—which none can avert from the faithless —

مِّنَ اللّٰهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ ۝٣ؕ

3from Allah, Lord of the lofty stations.

تَعْرُجُ الْمَلٰ࢜ىِٕكَةُ وَالرُّوْحُ اِلَيْهِ فِيْ يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهٗ خَمْسِيْنَ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍ ۝٤ۚ

4The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day whose span is fifty thousand years.

فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيْلًا ۝٥

5So be patient, with a patience that is graceful.

اِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهٗ بَعِيْدًا ۝٦ۙ

6Indeed they see it to be far off,

وَّنَرٰىهُ قَرِيْبًا ۝٧ؕ

7and We see it to be near.

يَوْمَ تَكُوْنُ السَّمَا࢜ءُ كَالْمُهْلِ ۝٨ۙ

8The day when the sky will be like molten copper,

وَتَكُوْنُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ ۝٩ۙ

9and the mountains like [tufts of] dyed wool,

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيْمٌ حَمِيْمًا ۝١٠ۚۖ

10and no friend will inquire about [the welfare of his] friend,

يُّبَصَّرُوْنَهُمْؕ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِيْ مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِىِٕذٍۢ بِبَنِيْهِ ۝١١ۙ

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,

وَصَاحِبَتِهٖ وَاَخِيْهِ ۝١٢ۙ

12his spouse and his brother,

وَفَصِيْلَتِهِ الَّتِيْ تُـْٔوِيْهِ ۝١٣ۙ

13his kin, which had sheltered him

وَمَنْ فِي الْاَرْضِ جَمِيْعًاۙ ثُمَّ يُنْجِيْهِ ۝١٤ۙ

14and all those who are upon the earth, if that might deliver him.

كَلَّاؕ اِنَّهَا لَظٰي ۝١٥ۙ

15Never! Indeed, it is a blazing fire,

نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوٰي ۝١٦ۚۖ

16which strips away the scalp.

تَدْعُوْا مَنْ اَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلّٰي ۝١٧ۙ

17It invites him, who has turned back [from the truth] and forsaken [it],

وَجَمَعَ فَاَوْعٰي ۝١٨

18amassing [wealth] and hoarding [it].

اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوْعًا ۝١٩ۙ

19Indeed man has been created covetous:

اِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوْعًا ۝٢٠ۙ

20anxious when an ill befalls him

وَّاِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوْعًا ۝٢١ۙ

21and grudging [charity] when good comes his way

اِلَّا الْمُصَلِّيْنَ ۝٢٢ۙ

22—[all are such] except the prayerful,

الَّذِيْنَ هُمْ عَلٰي صَلَاتِهِمْ دَا࢜ىِٕمُوْنَ ۝٢٣ࣕۙ

23those who persevere in their prayers

وَالَّذِيْنَ فِيْٓ اَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُوْمٌ ۝٢٤ࣕۙ

24and there is a known share in whose wealth

لِّلسَّا࢜ىِٕلِ وَالْمَحْرُوْمِ ۝٢٥ࣕۙ

25for the beggar and the deprived,

وَالَّذِيْنَ يُصَدِّقُوْنَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ ۝٢٦ࣕۙ

26and who affirm the Day of Retribution,

وَالَّذِيْنَ هُمْ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِمْ مُّشْفِقُوْنَ ۝٢٧ۚ

27and those who are apprehensive of the punishment of their Lord

اِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَاْمُوْنٍ ۝٢٨

28(there is indeed no security from the punishment of their Lord)

وَالَّذِيْنَ هُمْ لِفُرُوْجِهِمْ حٰفِظُوْنَ ۝٢٩ۙ

29and those who guard their private parts

اِلَّا عَلٰٓي اَزْوَاجِهِمْ اَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُهُمْ فَاِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُوْمِيْنَ ۝٣٠ۚ

30(apart from their spouses and their slave women, for then they are not blameworthy;

فَمَنِ ابْتَغٰي وَرَا࢜ءَ ذٰلِكَ فَاُولٰ࢜ىِٕكَ هُمُ الْعٰدُوْنَ ۝٣١ۚ

31but whoever seeks beyond that—it is they who are the transgressors)

وَالَّذِيْنَ هُمْ لِاَمٰنٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رٰعُوْنَ ۝٣٢ࣕۙ

32and those who keep their trusts and covenants,

وَالَّذِيْنَ هُمْ بِشَهٰدٰتِهِمْ قَا࢜ىِٕمُوْنَ ۝٣٣ࣕۙ

33and those who are observant of their testimonies,

وَالَّذِيْنَ هُمْ عَلٰي صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُوْنَ ۝٣٤ؕ

34and those who are watchful of their prayers.

اُولٰ࢜ىِٕكَ فِيْ جَنّٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُوْنَ ۝٣٥ؕࣖ

35They will be in gardens, held in honour.

فَمَالِ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِيْنَ ۝٣٦ۙ

36What is the matter with the faithless that they scramble toward you,

عَنِ الْيَمِيْنِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِيْنَ ۝٣٧

37from left and right, in groups?

اَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِي͏ٔ͏ٍ مِّنْهُمْ اَنْ يُّدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيْمٍ ۝٣٨ۙ

38Does each man among them hope to enter the garden of bliss?

كَلَّاؕ اِنَّا خَلَقْنٰهُمْ مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٣٩

39Never! Indeed, We created them from what they know.

فَلَا͏ٓ اُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشٰرِقِ وَالْمَغٰرِبِ اِنَّا لَقٰدِرُوْنَ ۝٤٠ۙ

40So I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests that We are able

عَلٰٓي اَنْ نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْۙ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوْقِيْنَ ۝٤١

41to replace them with [others] better than them and We are not to be outmaneuvered.

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوْضُوْا وَيَلْعَبُوْا حَتّٰي يُلٰقُوْا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِيْ يُوْعَدُوْنَ ۝٤٢ۙ

42So leave them to gossip and play till they encounter the day they are promised:

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُوْنَ مِنَ الْاَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَاَنَّهُمْ اِلٰي نُصُبٍ يُّوْفِضُوْنَ ۝٤٣ۙ

43the day when they emerge from graves, hastening, as if racing toward a target,

خَاشِعَةً اَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌؕ ذٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِيْ كَانُوْا يُوْعَدُوْنَ ۝٤٤ࣖ

44with a humbled look [in their eyes], overcast by abasement. That is the day they had been promised.