Surah Maarij — The Ascending Stairways

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ 70:1

Saala sa-ilun biAAathabin waqiAA

A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall

لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ 70:2

Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAA

Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ 70:3

Mina Allahi thee almaAAarij

From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ 70:4

TaAAruju almala-ikatu warroohuilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfasana

(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا 70:5

Fasbir sabran jameela

But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا 70:6

Innahum yarawnahu baAAeeda

Lo! they behold it afar off

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا 70:7

Wanarahu qareeba

While we behold it nigh:

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ 70:8

Yawma takoonu assamao kalmuhl

The day when the sky will become as molten copper,

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ 70:9

Watakoonu aljibalu kalAAihn

And the hills become as flakes of wool,

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا 70:10

Wala yas-alu hameemun hameema

And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ 70:11

Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu lawyaftadee min AAathabi yawmi-ithin bibaneeh

Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ 70:12

Wasahibatihi waakheeh

And his spouse and his brother

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ 70:13

Wafaseelatihi allatee tu/weeh

And his kin that harboured him

وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ 70:14

Waman fee al-ardi jameeAAan thummayunjeeh

And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ 70:15

Kalla innaha latha

But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell

نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ 70:16

NazzaAAatan lishshawa

Eager to roast;

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ 70:17

TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ 70:18

WajamaAAa faawAAa

And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.

۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا 70:19

Inna al-insana khuliqa halooAAa

Lo! man was created anxious,

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا 70:20

Itha massahu ashsharrujazooAAa

Fretful when evil befalleth him

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا 70:21

Wa-itha massahu alkhayru manooAAa

And, when good befalleth him, grudging;

إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ 70:22

Illa almusalleen

Save worshippers.

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ 70:23

Allatheena hum AAala salatihimda-imoon

Who are constant at their worship

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ 70:24

Wallatheena fee amwalihimhaqqun maAAloom

And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ 70:25

Lissa-ili walmahroom

For the beggar and the destitute;

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ 70:26

Wallatheena yusaddiqoonabiyawmi addeen

And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ 70:27

Wallatheena hum min AAathabirabbihim mushfiqoon

And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ 70:28

Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru ma/moon

Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ 70:29

Wallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoon

And those who preserve their chastity

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ 70:30

Illa AAala azwajihim awma malakat aymanuhum fa-innahum ghayru maloomeen

Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ 70:31

Famani ibtagha waraa thalikafaola-ika humu alAAadoon

But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ 70:32

Wallatheena hum li-amanatihimwaAAahdihim raAAoon

And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ 70:33

Wallatheena hum bishahadatihimqa-imoon

And those who stand by their testimony

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ 70:34

Wallatheena hum AAala salatihimyuhafithoon

And those who are attentive at their worship.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ 70:35

Ola-ika fee jannatin mukramoon

These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ 70:36

Famali allatheena kafarooqibalaka muhtiAAeen

What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open-eyed,

عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ 70:37

AAani alyameeni waAAani ashshimaliAAizeen

On the right and on the left, in groups?

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ 70:38

AyatmaAAu kullu imri-in minhum anyudkhala jannata naAAeem

Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight?

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ 70:39

Kalla inna khalaqnahummimma yaAAlamoon

Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ 70:40

Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqiwalmagharibi inna laqadiroon

But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the setting-places of the planets that We verily are Able

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ 70:41

AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wamanahnu bimasbooqeen

To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ 70:42

Fatharhum yakhoodoowayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allatheeyooAAadoon

So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ 70:43

Yawma yakhrujoona mina al-ajdathi siraAAankaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoon

The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,

خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ 70:44

KhashiAAatan absaruhumtarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allatheekanoo yooAAadoon

With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.