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Surah The Ascending stairways [Al-Maarij] in English
سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ ﴿١﴾
A questioner asked of a chastisement about to fall
لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ ﴿٢﴾
for the unbelievers, which none may avert,
مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ ﴿٣﴾
from God, the Lord of the Stairways.
تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍۢ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ ﴿٤﴾
To Him the angels and the Spirit mount up, in a day whereof the measure is fifty thousand years.
فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا ﴿٥﴾
So be thou patient with a sweet patience;
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا ﴿٦﴾
behold, they see it as if far off;
وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا ﴿٧﴾
but We see it is nigh.
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ ﴿٨﴾
Upon the day when heaven shall be as molten copper
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ﴿٩﴾
and the mountains shall be as plucked wool-tufts,
وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا ﴿١٠﴾
no loyal friend shall question loyal friend,
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ ﴿١١﴾
as they are given sight of them. The sinner will wish that he might ransom himself from the chastisement of that day even by his sons,
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ ﴿١٢﴾
his companion wife, his brother,
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ ﴿١٣﴾
his kin who sheltered him,
وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ﴿١٤﴾
and whosoever is in the earth, all together, so that then it might deliver him.
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ ﴿١٥﴾
Nay, verily it is a furnace
نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ ﴿١٦﴾
snatching away the scalp,
تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿١٧﴾
calling him who drew back and turned away,
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ ﴿١٨﴾
who amassed and hoarded.
۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ﴿١٩﴾
Surely man was created fretful,
إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭا ﴿٢٠﴾
when evil visits him, impatient,
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا ﴿٢١﴾
when good visits him, grudging,
إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ ﴿٢٢﴾
save those that pray
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾
and continue at their prayers,
وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ ﴿٢٤﴾
those in whose wealth is a right known
لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ ﴿٢٥﴾
for the beggar and the outcast,
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٢٦﴾
who confirm the Day of Doom
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾
and go in fear of the chastisement of their Lord
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍۢ ﴿٢٨﴾
(from their Lord's chastisement none feels secure)
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾
and guard their private parts
إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ ﴿٣٠﴾
save from their wives and what their right hands own, then not being blameworthy
فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ ﴿٣١﴾
(but whoso seeks after more than that, they are the transgressors),
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾
and who preserve their trusts and their covenant,
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾
and perform their witnessings,
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾
and who observe their prayers.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ مُّكْرَمُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾
Those shall be in Gardens, high-honoured.
فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ ﴿٣٦﴾
What ails the unbelievers, running with outstretched necks
عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ ﴿٣٧﴾
towards thee on the right hand and on the left hand in knots?
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍۢ ﴿٣٨﴾
What, is every man of them eager to be admitted to a Garden of Bliss?
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾
Not so; for We have created them of what they know.
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾
No! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and Wests, surely We are able
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ﴿٤١﴾
to substitute a better than they; We shall not be outstripped.
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾
Then leave them alone to plunge and play until they encounter that day of theirs which they are promised,
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًۭا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍۢ يُوفِضُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾
the day they shall come forth from the tombs hastily, as if they were hurrying unto a waymark,
خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾
humbled their eyes, overspreading them abasement. That is the day which they were promised.