Surah Al-Ma'arij

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ۝١

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ۝٢

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِى الْمَعَارِجِ۝٣

[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.

تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍۢ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ۝٤

The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.

فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا۝٥

So be patient with gracious patience.

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا۝٦

Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا۝٧

But We see it [as] near.

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَآءُ كَالْمُهْلِ۝٨

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ۝٩

And the mountains will be like wool,

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا۝١٠

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ۝١١

They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ۝١٢

And his wife and his brother

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ۝١٣

And his nearest kindred who shelter him

وَمَن فِى الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ۝١٤

And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ۝١٥

No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],

نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ۝١٦

A remover of exteriors.

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ۝١٧

It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ۝١٨

And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

۞ إِنَّ الْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا۝١٩

Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭا۝٢٠

When evil touches him, impatient,

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا۝٢١

And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ۝٢٢

Except the observers of prayer -

الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ۝٢٣

Those who are constant in their prayer

وَالَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ۝٢٤

And those within whose wealth is a known right

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ۝٢٥

For the petitioner and the deprived -

وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ۝٢٦

And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

وَالَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ۝٢٧

And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍۢ۝٢٨

Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ۝٢٩

And those who guard their private parts

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ۝٣٠

Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -

فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ۝٣١

But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ۝٣٢

And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ۝٣٣

And those who are in their testimonies upright

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ۝٣٤

And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ مُّكْرَمُونَ۝٣٥

They will be in gardens, honored.

فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ۝٣٦

So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],

عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ۝٣٧

[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍۢ۝٣٨

Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ۝٣٩

No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَٰرِقِ وَالْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ۝٤٠

So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ۝٤١

To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ۝٤٢

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًۭا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍۢ يُوفِضُونَ۝٤٣

The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.

خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ۝٤٤

Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.