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المعارج
Al-Ma'arij
The Ascending Stairways44 Versesmakkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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70:1
سَأَلَ
Asked
سَا ٓئِلُۢ
a questioner
about a punishment
bound to happen
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen1
70:2
لِّلۡكَـٰ فِرِينَ
To the disbelievers
لَيۡسَ
not
لَهُۥ
of it
دَافِعٌ
٢any preventer
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
70:3
مِّنَ
From
Allah
ذِى
Owner
(of) the ways of ascent
[It is] from Allāh, owner of the ways of ascent.
70:4
تَعۡرُجُ
Ascend
the Angels
وَٱ ل رُّوحُ
and the Spirit
إِلَيۡهِ
to Him
فِى
in
يَوۡمٍ
a Day
[is]
مِقۡ دَارُهُۥ
its measure
خَمۡسِينَ
(is) fifty
أَلۡفَ
thousand
سَنَةٍ
٤year(s)
The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
70:5
فَٱ صۡبِرۡ
So be patient
صَبۡ رًا
a patience
good
So be patient with gracious patience.
70:6
إِنّ َهُمۡ
Indeed, they
يَرَوۡنَهُۥ
see it
بَعِيدًا
٦(as) far off
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
70:7
وَنَرَٮٰ هُ
But We see it
قَرِيبًا
٧near
But We see it [as] near.
70:8
يَوۡمَ
(The) Day
تَكُونُ
will be
the sky
كَٱ لۡمُهۡلِ
٨like molten copper
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,1
70:9
وَتَكُونُ
And will be
the mountains
كَٱ لۡعِهۡنِ
٩like wool
And the mountains will be like wool,1
70:10
وَلَا
And not
يَسۡــَٔلُ
will ask
حَمِيمٌ
a friend
حَمِيمًا
١٠(about) a friend
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
70:11
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ
They will be made to see each other
يَوَدُّ
Would wish
the criminal
لَوۡ
if
يَفۡتَدِى
he (could be) ransomed
مِنۡ
from
عَذَابِ
(the) punishment
يَوۡمِئِذِۭ
(of) that Day
by his children
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children.
70:12
وَصَـٰ حِبَتِهِۦ
And his spouse
وَأَخِي هِ
١٢and his brother
And his wife and his brother
70:13
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ
And his nearest kindred
who
تُــٔۡوِي هِ
١٣sheltered him
And his nearest kindred who shelter him.
70:14
وَمَن
And whoever
(is) on
the earth
جَمِيعًا
all
then
يُنج ِي هِ
١٤it (could) save him
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
70:15
كَلَّآۖ
By no means
إِنّ َهَا
Indeed, it (is)
لَظَىٰ
١٥surely a Flame of Hell
No!1 Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
70:16
نَزَّاعَةً
A remover
of the skin of the head
A remover of exteriors.1
70:17
تَدۡ عُواۡ
Inviting
مَنۡ
(him) who
أَدۡ بَرَ
turned his back
وَتَوَلَّىٰ
١٧and went away
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
70:18
وَجَمَعَ
And collected
فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ
١٨and hoarded
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
70:19
۞إِنّ َ
Indeed
the man
خُلِقَ
was created
هَلُوعًا
١٩anxious
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
70:20
إِذَا
When
مَسَّهُ
touches him
the evil
جَزُوعًا
٢٠distressed
When evil touches him, impatient,
70:21
وَإِذَا
And when
مَسَّهُ
touches him
the good
مَنُوعًا
٢١withholding
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
70:22
إِلَّا
Except
those who pray
Except the observers of prayer -
70:23
ٱلَّذِينَ
Those who
هُمۡ
[they]
عَلَىٰ
at
صَلَاتِهِمۡ
their prayer
دَا ٓئِمُو نَ
٢٣(are) constant
Those who are constant in their prayer
70:24
وَٱ لَّذِينَ
And those who
فِىٓ
in
أَمۡوٰ
their wealth
حَقٌّ
(is) a right
known
And those within whose wealth is a known right1
70:25
لِّلسَّا ٓئِلِ
For the one who asks
وَٱ لۡمَحۡرُو مِ
٢٥and the deprived
For the petitioner and the deprived -
70:26
وَٱ لَّذِينَ
And those who
يُصَدِّقُونَ
accept (the) truth
بِيَوۡمِ
(of the) Day
(of) the Judgment
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
70:27
وَٱ لَّذِينَ
And those who
هُم
[they]
of
عَذَابِ
(the) punishment
رَبِّهِم
(of) their Lord
(are) fearful
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
70:28
إِنّ َ
Indeed
عَذَابَ
(the) punishment
رَبِّهِمۡ
(of) your Lord
غَيۡرُ
(is) not
مَأۡمُو نٍ
٢٨to be felt secure (of)
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
70:29
وَٱ لَّذِينَ
And those who
هُمۡ
[they]
لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ
their modesty
حَـٰ فِظُو نَ
٢٩(are) guardians
And those who guard their private parts
70:30
إِلَّا
Except
عَلَىٰٓ
from
أَزۡوٰ
their spouses
أَوۡ
or
مَا
what
مَلَكَتۡ
they possess
أَيۡمَـٰ نُهُمۡ
rightfully
فَإِنّ َهُمۡ
then indeed, they
غَيۡرُ
(are) not
مَلُومِي نَ
٣٠blameworthy
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess,1 for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
70:31
فَمَنِ
But whoever
seeks
وَرَا ٓءَ
beyond
ذٰ
that
فَأُوۡ لَـٰٓ ئِكَ
then those
هُمُ
[they]
(are) the transgressors
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
70:32
وَٱ لَّذِينَ
And those who
هُمۡ
[they]
لِأَمَـٰ نَـٰ تِهِمۡ
of their trusts
وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ
and their promise
رٰ ُو نَ
٣٢(are) observers
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive.
70:33
وَٱ لَّذِينَ
And those who
هُم
[they]
in their testimonies
قَا ٓئِمُو نَ
٣٣stand firm
And those who are in their testimonies upright
70:34
وَٱ لَّذِينَ
And those who
هُمۡ
[they]
عَلَىٰ
on
صَلَاتِهِمۡ
their prayer
يُحَافِظُو نَ
٣٤keep a guard
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
70:35
أُوۡ لَـٰٓ ئِكَ
Those
فِى
(will be) in
جَنّ َـٰ تٍ
Gardens
honored
They will be in gardens,1 honored.
70:36
فَمَالِ
So what is with
those who
كَفَرُواۡ
disbelieve
قِبَلَكَ
before you
مُهۡطِعِي نَ
٣٦(they) hasten
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muḥammad],
70:37
عَنِ
On
the right
وَعَنِ
and on
the left
عِزِي نَ
٣٧(in) separate groups
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?1
70:38
أَيَطۡ مَعُ
Does long
كُلُّ
every
person
among them
أَن
that
he enters
جَنّ َةَ
a Garden
نَعِي مٍ
٣٨(of) Delight
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
70:39
كَلَّآۖ
By no means
إِنّ َا
Indeed, We
خَلَقۡ نَـٰ هُم
[We] have created them
from what
يَعۡلَمُو نَ
٣٩they know
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.1
70:40
فَلَآ
But nay
أُقۡ سِمُ
I swear
بِرَبِّ
by (the) Lord
(of) the risings
وَٱ لۡمَغَـٰ رِبِ
and the settings
إِنّ َا
that We
لَقَـٰ دِرُو نَ
٤٠(are) surely Able
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings1 that indeed We are able
70:41
عَلَىٰٓ
[On]
أَن
to
[We] replace
خَيۡرًا
(with) better
than them
وَمَا
and not
نَحۡنُ
We
بِمَسۡبُوقِي نَ
٤١(are) to be outrun
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
70:42
فَذَرۡهُمۡ
So leave them
يَخُوضُواۡ
(to) converse vainly
وَيَلۡعَبُواۡ
and amuse themselves
حَتَّىٰ
until
يُلَـٰ قُواۡ
they meet
يَوۡمَهُمُ
their Day
which
يُوعَدُو نَ
٤٢they are promised
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -
70:43
يَوۡمَ
(The) Day
يَخۡرُجُونَ
they will come out
مِنَ
from
the graves
سِرَاعًا
rapidly
as if they (were)
إِلَىٰ
to
نُصُبٍ
a goal
hastening
The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.1
70:44
خَـٰ شِعَةً
Humbled
أَبۡ صَـٰ رُهُمۡ
their eyesights
تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ
will cover them
ذِلَّةٌۚ
humiliation
That
(is) the Day
which
كَانُواۡ
they were
يُوعَدُو نَ
٤٤promised
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.