Al-Ma'arij المعارج

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim sa'ala sa'il bi-'adhabin waqi'

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

لِّلْكَافِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ

lil-kafirin laysa lahu dafi'

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ

mina Allahi dhi al-ma'arij

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

تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ

ta'ruj al-mala'ikah wa-ruh ilayhi fi yawm kana miqdaruh khamsin alf sanah

The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.

فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا

fa-sbir sabran jamilan

So be patient with gracious patience.

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا

innahum yarawnahu ba'id

Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا

wa-narahu qariban

But We see it [as] near.

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاءُ كَالْمُهْلِ

yawma takun as-sama' ka-al-muhl

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ

wa-takun al-jibal ka-al-'ihn

And the mountains will be like wool,

وَلَا يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا

wa la yas'alu hamim hamim

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

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ

yubassarunahum yawaddu al-mujrim law yaftadi min 'adhab yawma'idhin bibanih

They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ

wa-sahibatihi wa-akhihi

And his wife and his brother

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِي تُؤْوِيهِ

wa-fasilatuh allati tu'wih

And his nearest kindred who shelter him

وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

wa-man fi al-ard jami'an thumma yunjidh-hi

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

كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

kalla innaha lazha

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

نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ

nizza'atan lilshawa

A remover of exteriors.

تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

tad'u man adbara wa-tawalla

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

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰ

wa-jama'a fa-aw'a

And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

inna al-insan khuliq halu'

Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا

idha massahu ash-sharru jazu'

When evil touches him, impatient,

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

wa-idha massahu al-khayr manu'

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

إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ

illa al-musallin

Except the observers of prayer -

الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ

alladhina hum 'ala salatihim da'imun

Those who are constant in their prayer

وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ

wa-alladhina fi amwalihim haqqun ma'lum

And those within whose wealth is a known right

لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ

li-s-sa'il wal-mahrum

For the petitioner and the deprived -

وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ

wa-alladhina yusaddiquna bi-yawm ad-din

And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

وَالَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ

wa-lladhina hum min 'adhab rabbihim mushfiqun

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

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ

inna 'adhab rabbihim ghayr ma'mun

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

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ

wa-alladhina hum li-furujihim hafizun

And those who guard their private parts

إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

illa 'ala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fa-innahum ghayru malumin

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

فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ

faman ibtagha wara'a dhalika fa-ula'ika hum al-'adun

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

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ

wa-alladhin hum li-'aamanatihim wa-'ahdihim ra'un

And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَ

wa-alladhina hum bishahadatihim qa'imun

And those who are in their testimonies upright

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

wa-alladhin hum 'ala salatihim yuhafizun

And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

أُولَـٰئِكَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ

ula'ika fi jannat mukramun

They will be in gardens, honored.

فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ

famal alladhina kafaru qibalaka muh'i'in

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

عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

'ani al-yamin wa'ani ash-shimal 'izin

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

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ

a-yatma'u kullu imri'in minhum an yudkhala jannata na'im

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

كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma ya'lamun

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

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ إِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَ

fa-la uqsimu bi-rabb al-mashariq wal-magharib inna la-qadirun

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

عَلَىٰ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

'ala an nubaddila khayran minhum wa-ma nahnu bimasbuqin

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

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ

fa-dharhum yakhudu wa-yal'abu hatta yulaqu yawmuhum alladhi yu'adun

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ

yawm yakhrujun min al-ajdath sir'a ka'annahum ila nusub yufidun

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

خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ

khashi'ah absaruhum tarhaquhum dhullah dhalika al-yawm alladhi kanu yu'adun

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