Chapter 70 Ways of Ascent
44 Verses al-Ma’arij الـمعارج
1 In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
2 To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer. لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ
3 [It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent. مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ
4 The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years. تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
5 So be patient with gracious patience. فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
6 Indeed, they see it [as] distant, إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا
7 But We see it [as] near. وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا
8 On the Day the sky will be like murky oil, يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ
9 And the mountains will be like wool, وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ
10 And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend, وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
11 They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ
12 And his wife and his brother وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
13 And his nearest kindred who shelter him وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ
14 And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him. وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
15 No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell], كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
16 A remover of exteriors. نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ
17 It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience] تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
18 And collected [wealth] and hoarded. وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ
19 Indeed, mankind was created anxious: ۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
20 When evil touches him, impatient, إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
21 And when good touches him, withholding [of it], وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
22 Except the observers of prayer – إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
23 Those who are constant in their prayer ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ
24 And those within whose wealth is a known right وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ
25 For the petitioner and the deprived – لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
26 And those who believe in the Day of Recompense وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
27 And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord – وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
28 Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe – إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
29 And those who guard their private parts وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ
30 Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed – إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
31 But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors – فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ
32 And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ
33 And those who are in their testimonies upright وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ
34 And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer: وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
35 They will be in gardens, honored. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ
36 So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad], فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
37 [To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups? عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
38 Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure? أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ
39 No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know. كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
40 So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ
41 To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone. عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
42 So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised – فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
43 The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening. يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ
44 Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised. خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

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