المعارج
Al-Ma'arij
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍA supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happenلِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌTo the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ[It is] from Allāh, owner of the ways of ascent.تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍThe angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًاSo be patient with gracious patience.إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًاIndeed, they see it [as] distant,وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًاBut We see it [as] near.يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِOn the Day the sky will be like murky oil,وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِAnd the mountains will be like wool,وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًاAnd no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِThey will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children.وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِAnd his wife and his brotherوَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِAnd his nearest kindred who shelter him.وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِAnd whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰNo! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰA remover of exteriors.تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰIt invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓAnd collected [wealth] and hoarded.إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًاIndeed, mankind was created anxious:إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًاWhen evil touches him, impatient,وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًاAnd when good touches him, withholding [of it],إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَExcept the observers of prayer -ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَThose who are constant in their prayerوَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌAnd those within whose wealth is a known rightلِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِFor the petitioner and the deprived -وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِAnd those who believe in the Day of Recompenseوَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَAnd those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍIndeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَAnd those who guard their private partsإِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَExcept from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَBut whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَAnd those who are to their trusts and promises attentive.وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَAnd those who are in their testimonies uprightوَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَAnd those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَThey will be in gardens, honored.فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَSo what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muḥammad],عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍDoes every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?كَلَّآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَNo! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَSo I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are ableعَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَTo replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَSo leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَThe Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَTheir eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.