70 : 1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
AN INQUIRER ASKED for the affliction that is to come
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سُورَةُ المَعَارِجِ
Al-Ma'aarij · 44 verses
70 : 2
لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Upon the infidels -- which none would be able to repel --
70 : 3
مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ
Ahmed Ali
From God, the Lord of the steps (of progression),
70 : 4
تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍۢ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
To whom the angels and the soul take a day to ascend, whose length is fifty thousand years.
70 : 5
فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا
Ahmed Ali
So persevere with becoming patience.
70 : 6
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا
Ahmed Ali
They surely take it to be far away,
70 : 7
وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا
Ahmed Ali
But We see it very near.
70 : 8
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ
Ahmed Ali
The day the sky becomes like molten brass,
70 : 9
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ
Ahmed Ali
The mountains like the tufts of (carded) wool,
70 : 10
وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا
Ahmed Ali
And no friend inquires after friend
70 : 11
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ
Ahmed Ali
Though within sight of one another. The sinner would like to ransom himself from the torment of that Day by offering his sons,
70 : 12
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
Ahmed Ali
His wife and his brother,
70 : 13
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ
Ahmed Ali
And his family who had stood by him,
70 : 14
وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
Ahmed Ali
And all those who are on the earth, to save himself.
70 : 15
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
But never. It is pure white flame
70 : 16
نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
That would skin the scalp.
70 : 17
تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Ahmed Ali
It will summon whoever turns his back and flees,
70 : 18
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
Who amasses and then hoards.
70 : 19
۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Ahmed Ali
Surely man is greedy by nature.
70 : 20
إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭا
Ahmed Ali
If evil befalls him he is perturbed;
70 : 21
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
Ahmed Ali
If good comes to him he holds back his hand,
70 : 22
إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Ahmed Ali
Except those who closely follow (the Book of God),
70 : 23
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Who persevere in devotion,
70 : 24
وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
In whose wealth a due share is included
70 : 25
لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
Ahmed Ali
For the needy and those dispossessed,
70 : 26
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Ahmed Ali
And those who believe in the Day of Judgement,
70 : 27
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And those who fear the punishment of their Lord, --
70 : 28
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Surely no one can be secure from the punishment of his Lord, --
70 : 29
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And those who guard their sex except from their wives and women slaves of old
70 : 30
إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Are free of blame,
70 : 31
فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ
Ahmed Ali
But those who seek more than this will be transgressors;
70 : 32
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And those who fulfil their trusts and covenants,
70 : 33
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Who uphold their testimonies,
70 : 34
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And those who are mindful of their moral obligations.
70 : 35
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ مُّكْرَمُونَ
Ahmed Ali
They will live in gardens with honour.
70 : 36
فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
Ahmed Ali
What is the matter with unbelievers that they stare at you with fixed gazes and hasten towards you
70 : 37
عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
Ahmed Ali
In crowds, right and left?
70 : 38
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Does every one of them wish to enter the garden of tranquility?
70 : 39
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Never so. We have created them from what they know.
70 : 40
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
So I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly able
70 : 41
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
Ahmed Ali
To bring better people than they in their place; and they will not be able to thwart Us.
70 : 42
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
Ahmed Ali
So leave them to their vain disputes and amusement till they meet their day (of reckoning) promised them,
70 : 43
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًۭا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍۢ يُوفِضُونَ
Ahmed Ali
The day when they will come out of their graves in all haste as though rushing to their altars,
70 : 44
خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Eyes lowered, shame attending. That is the day they have been promised!