Al-Ma`ārij

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ

Saala sa-ilun biAAathabin waqiAA

A man [mockingly] demanded the punishment.

لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ

Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAA

It will fall on the disbelievers––none can deflect it––

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ

Mina Allahi thee almaAAarij

from God, the Lord of the Ways of Ascent,

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ

TaAAruju almala-ikatu warroohuilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfasana

by which the angels and the Spirit ascend to Him, on a Day whose length is fifty thousand years.

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا

Fasbir sabran jameela

So be patient, [Prophet], as befits you.

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا

Innahum yarawnahu baAAeeda

The disbelievers think it is distant,

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا

Wanarahu qareeba

but We know it to be close.

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ

Yawma takoonu assamao kalmuhl

On a Day when the heavens will be like molten brass

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ

Watakoonu aljibalu kalAAihn

and the mountains like tufts of wool,

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا

Wala yas-alu hameemun hameema

when no friend will ask about his friend,

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ

Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu lawyaftadee min AAathabi yawmi-ithin bibaneeh

even when they are within sight of one another. The guilty person will wish he could save himself from the suffering of that Day by sacrificing his sons,

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

Wasahibatihi waakheeh

his spouse, his brother,

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ

Wafaseelatihi allatee tu/weeh

the kinsfolk who gave him shelter,

وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

Waman fee al-ardi jameeAAan thummayunjeeh

and everyone on earth, if it could save him.

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

Kalla innaha latha

But no! There is a raging flame

نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ

NazzaAAatan lishshawa

that strips away the skin,

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

and it will claim everyone who rejects the truth, turns away,

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ

WajamaAAa faawAAa

amasses wealth and hoards it.

۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

Inna al-insana khuliqa halooAAa

Man was truly created anxious:

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا

Itha massahu ashsharrujazooAAa

he is fretful when misfortune touches him,

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

Wa-itha massahu alkhayru manooAAa

but tight-fisted when good fortune comes his way.

إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

Illa almusalleen

Not so those who pray

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ

Allatheena hum AAala salatihimda-imoon

and are constant in their prayers;

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ

Wallatheena fee amwalihimhaqqun maAAloom

who give a due share of their wealth

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ

Lissa-ili walmahroom

to beggars and the deprived;

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Wallatheena yusaddiqoonabiyawmi addeen

who believe in the Day of Judgement

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ

Wallatheena hum min AAathabirabbihim mushfiqoon

and fear the punishment of their Lord––

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ

Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru ma/moon

none may feel wholly secure from it––

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ

Wallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoon

who guard their chastity

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

Illa AAala azwajihim awma malakat aymanuhum fa-innahum ghayru maloomeen

from all but their spouses or their slave-girls––there is no blame attached to [relations with] these,

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ

Famani ibtagha waraa thalikafaola-ika humu alAAadoon

but those whose desires exceed this limit are truly transgressors––

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ

Wallatheena hum li-amanatihimwaAAahdihim raAAoon

who are faithful to their trusts and their pledges;

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ

Wallatheena hum bishahadatihimqa-imoon

who give honest testimony

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

Wallatheena hum AAala salatihimyuhafithoon

and are steadfast in their prayers.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ

Ola-ika fee jannatin mukramoon

They will be honoured in Gardens of bliss.

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ

Famali allatheena kafarooqibalaka muhtiAAeen

What is wrong with the disbelievers? Why do they rush to peer at you [Prophet],

عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

AAani alyameeni waAAani ashshimaliAAizeen

from right and left, in crowds?

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ

AyatmaAAu kullu imri-in minhum anyudkhala jannata naAAeem

Does every one of them expect to enter a Garden of bliss?

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

Kalla inna khalaqnahummimma yaAAlamoon

No! We created them from the substance they know,

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ

Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqiwalmagharibi inna laqadiroon

and, by the Lord of every sunrise and sunset, We have the power

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wamanahnu bimasbooqeen

to substitute for them others better than they are- nothing can prevent Us from doing this.

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

Fatharhum yakhoodoowayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allatheeyooAAadoon

So leave them to wallow in idle talk, until they come face to face with their promised Day,

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ

Yawma yakhrujoona mina al-ajdathi siraAAankaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoon

the Day they will rush out of their graves as if rallying to a flag,

خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

KhashiAAatan absaruhumtarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allatheekanoo yooAAadoon

eyes downcast and covered in shame: that is the Day of which they were warned.