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Surah 70 · 44 ayat

Al-Ma'aarij

The Ascending Stairways

المعارج

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

70:1

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ

MeaningA questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall

70:2

لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ

MeaningUpon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

70:3

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ

MeaningFrom Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

70:4

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ

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

70:5

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا

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

70:6

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا

MeaningLo! they behold it afar off

70:7

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا

MeaningWhile we behold it nigh:

70:8

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ

MeaningThe day when the sky will become as molten copper,

70:9

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ

MeaningAnd the hills become as flakes of wool,

70:10

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا

MeaningAnd no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend

70:11

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ

MeaningThough 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

70:12

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

MeaningAnd his spouse and his brother

70:13

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ

MeaningAnd his kin that harboured him

70:14

وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

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

70:15

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

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

70:16

نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ

MeaningEager to roast;

70:17

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

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

70:18

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ

MeaningAnd hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.

70:19

إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

MeaningLo! man was created anxious,

70:20

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا

MeaningFretful when evil befalleth him

70:21

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

MeaningAnd, when good befalleth him, grudging;

70:22

إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

MeaningSave worshippers.

70:23

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ

MeaningWho are constant at their worship

70:24

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ

MeaningAnd in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

70:25

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ

MeaningFor the beggar and the destitute;

70:26

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

MeaningAnd those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

70:27

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ

MeaningAnd those who are fearful of their Lord's doom –

70:28

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ

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

70:29

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ

MeaningAnd those who preserve their chastity

70:30

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

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

70:31

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ

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

70:32

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ

MeaningAnd those who keep their pledges and their covenant,

70:33

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ

MeaningAnd those who stand by their testimony

70:34

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

MeaningAnd those who are attentive at their worship.

70:35

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ

MeaningThese will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

70:36

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ

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

70:37

عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

MeaningOn the right and on the left, in groups?

70:38

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ

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

70:39

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

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

70:40

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ

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

70:41

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

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

70:42

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

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

70:43

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ

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

70:44

خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

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

Sources & credits

Arabic source: Tanzil Quran Text 1.1. Verbatim Uthmani source text, used under CC BY 3.0. Check Tanzil for source updates.

Default English meaning: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930). The translation is presented separately from the Qur’an Arabic.

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