Surah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent )

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Surah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Aya count 44

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ ﴿١﴾

Someone has (needlessly) demanded to experience the torment (of God),

لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ ﴿٢﴾

which will inevitably seize the disbelievers.

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ ﴿٣﴾

No one can defend him against God, the Lord of the exalted positions.

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍۢ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ ﴿٤﴾

On that Day (of Judgment), long as fifty thousand years, the angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him.

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا ﴿٥﴾

(Muhammad), exercise patience with no complaints.

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا ﴿٦﴾

They think that it (the Day of Judgment) is far away.

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا ﴿٧﴾

but We see it to be very near.

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ ﴿٨﴾

On the day when the heavens become like molten metal.

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ﴿٩﴾

and the mountains become like wool,

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا ﴿١٠﴾

even intimate friends will not inquire about their friends,

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ ﴿١١﴾

though they may see each other. A sinner will wish that he could save himself from the torment of that day by sacrificing his children,

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ ﴿١٢﴾

his wife, his brother,

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ ﴿١٣﴾

his kinsmen who gave him refuge (from hardship)

وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ﴿١٤﴾

and all those on earth.

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ ﴿١٥﴾

By no means! For the raging flames of the fire

نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ ﴿١٦﴾

will strip-off the flesh

تَدْعُواْ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿١٧﴾

and drag into it anyone who has turned away (from obeying God),

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ ﴿١٨﴾

and who accumulated wealth without spending it for a good purpose.

۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ﴿١٩﴾

Human beings are created greedy.

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭا ﴿٢٠﴾

When they are afflicted, they complain,

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا ﴿٢١﴾

but when they are fortunate, they become niggardly

إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ ﴿٢٢﴾

except those who are steadfast

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

and constant in their prayers.

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ ﴿٢٤﴾

They are those who assign a certain share of their property

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ ﴿٢٥﴾

for the needy and the deprived,

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٢٦﴾

who acknowledge the Day of Judgment,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾

who are afraid of the torment of their Lord,

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍۢ ﴿٢٨﴾

the punishment of their Lord is not something for them to feel secure of,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

who guard their carnal desires

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ ﴿٣٠﴾

except from their wives and slave girls, in which case they are not to be blamed,

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ ﴿٣١﴾

but whoever goes beyond this is a transgressor;

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

who honor their trust and promises,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

who testify to what they have witnessed,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

and (finally) those who do not miss their ritual - prayers at the prescribed times;

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ مُّكْرَمُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

such people will receive due honor in Paradise.

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ ﴿٣٦﴾

What is wrong with the disbelievers who roam around you (Muhammad),

عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ ﴿٣٧﴾

left and right, in numerous groups?

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍۢ ﴿٣٨﴾

Does every one of them desire to enter the bountiful Paradise?

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

By no means! For they know very well out of what We have created them (The human being's naturally growing from a living germ, without discipline and good deeds will not result in virtue).

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾

I do not need to swear by the Lord of the eastern and western regions that We have certainly all the power

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ﴿٤١﴾

to replace them by a better people and none can challenge Our power.

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلْعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

(Muhammad), leave them alone to dispute and play until they face the Day with which they have been threatened:

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًۭا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍۢ يُوفِضُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

the Day when they rush out of their graves as if racing towards a signpost,

خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾

with their eyes cast down and covered by disgrace; the day about which they were promised.

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