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المعارج

Surah Al-Ma'arij

Surah Al-Ma'arij (المعارج) is surah 70 of the 114 surahs of the Quran. It has 44 ayahs, was revealed in Mecca (Meccan), and its name means “The Ascending Stairways”.

  1. سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابࣲ وَاقِعࣲ ۝١

    70:1A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

  2. لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعࣱ ۝٢

    70:2To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer

  3. مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ ۝٣

    70:3[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent

  4. تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمࣲ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةࣲ ۝٤

    70:4The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years

  5. فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرࣰا جَمِيلًا ۝٥

    70:5So be patient with gracious patience

  6. إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدࣰا ۝٦

    70:6Indeed, they see it [as] distant

  7. وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبࣰا ۝٧

    70:7But We see it [as] near

  8. يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ ۝٨

    70:8On the Day the sky will be like murky oil

  9. وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ۝٩

    70:9And the mountains will be like wool

  10. وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمࣰا ۝١٠

    70:10And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend

  11. يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ ۝١١

    70:11They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

  12. وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ ۝١٢

    70:12And his wife and his brother

  13. وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ ۝١٣

    70:13And his nearest kindred who shelter him

  14. وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعࣰا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ۝١٤

    70:14And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him

  15. كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ ۝١٥

    70:15No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell]

  16. نَزَّاعَةࣰ لِّلشَّوَىٰ ۝١٦

    70:16A remover of exteriors

  17. تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ۝١٧

    70:17It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

  18. وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ ۝١٨

    70:18And collected [wealth] and hoarded

  19. ۞إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ۝١٩

    70:19Indeed, mankind was created anxious

  20. إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعࣰا ۝٢٠

    70:20When evil touches him, impatient

  21. وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا ۝٢١

    70:21And when good touches him, withholding [of it]

  22. إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ ۝٢٢

    70:22Except the observers of prayer

  23. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ ۝٢٣

    70:23Those who are constant in their prayer

  24. وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقࣱّ مَّعۡلُومࣱ ۝٢٤

    70:24And those within whose wealth is a known right

  25. لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ۝٢٥

    70:25For the petitioner and the deprived

  26. وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ۝٢٦

    70:26And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

  27. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ ۝٢٧

    70:27And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord

  28. إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونࣲ ۝٢٨

    70:28Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe

  29. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ ۝٢٩

    70:29And those who guard their private parts

  30. إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ ۝٣٠

    70:30Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed

  31. فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ ۝٣١

    70:31But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors

  32. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ ۝٣٢

    70:32And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

  33. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُونَ ۝٣٣

    70:33And those who are in their testimonies upright

  34. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ ۝٣٤

    70:34And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer

  35. أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ فِي جَنَّـٰتࣲ مُّكۡرَمُونَ ۝٣٥

    70:35They will be in gardens, honored

  36. فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِينَ ۝٣٦

    70:36So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad]

  37. عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ ۝٣٧

    70:37[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups

  38. أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيࣲٕ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمࣲ ۝٣٨

    70:38Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure

  39. كَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٣٩

    70:39No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know

  40. فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ ۝٤٠

    70:40So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

  41. عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرࣰا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ ۝٤١

    70:41To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone

  42. فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ ۝٤٢

    70:42So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised

  43. يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعࣰا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبࣲ يُوفِضُونَ ۝٤٣

    70:43The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening

  44. خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةࣱۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ ۝٤٤

    70:44Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised