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Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

ِ‫بِسْمِ الِ الرّحْمنِ الرّحِيم‬ In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

ٍ‫ب وَاقِع‬ ٍ ‫سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ ِبعَذَا‬ [70:1] One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

ٌ‫لّلْكَافِرينَ َليْسَ لَهُ دَافِع‬ [70:2] The unbelievers-- there is none to avert it--

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

ِ‫ن الِّ ذِي الْمَعَارِج‬ َ ّ‫م‬ [70:3] From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent.

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

َ‫ح إِلَيْ ِه فِي َيوْمٍ كَان‬ ُ ‫َتعْرُجُ الْمَلَ ِئكَةُ وَالرّو‬ ٍ‫خمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَة‬ َ ُ‫مِقْدَا ُره‬ [70:4] To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years.

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

ً‫فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيل‬ [70:5] Therefore endure with a goodly patience.

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

‫إِ ّنهُمْ يَرَ ْونَهُ بَعِيدًا‬ [70:6] Surely they think it to be far off,

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

‫وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا‬ [70:7] And We see it nigh.

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

ِ‫سمَاء كَالْ ُمهْل‬ ّ ‫َيوْمَ تَكُونُ ال‬ [70:8] On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

ِ‫جبَالُ كَالْ ِعهْن‬ ِ ْ‫وَتَكُونُ ال‬ [70:9] And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

‫حمِيمًا‬ َ ٌ‫حمِيم‬ َ ُ‫ل يَسْأَل‬ َ َ‫و‬ [70:10] And friend shall not ask of friend

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

ِ‫ُي َبصّرُونَهُ ْم يَوَدّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَ ْو يَفْتَدِي ِمنْ عَذَاب‬ ِ‫يَ ْومِئِذٍ ِببَنِيه‬ [70:11] (Though) they shall be made to see each other. The guilty one would fain redeem himself from the chastisement of that day by (sacrificing) his children,

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

ِ‫حبَتِهِ َوأَخِيه‬ ِ ‫َوصَا‬ [70:12] And his wife and his brother

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

ِ‫َو َفصِيلَتِ ِه اّلتِي تُؤْويه‬ [70:13] And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

ِ‫جمِيعًا ثُ ّم يُنجِيه‬ َ ِ‫وَمَن فِي الَْرْض‬ [70:14] And all those that are in the earth, (wishing) then (that) this might deliver him.

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

‫ل إِ ّنهَا لَظَى‬ ّ َ‫ك‬ [70:15] By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

‫نَزّاعَ ًة لّلشّوَى‬ [70:16] Dragging by the head,

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

‫تَدْعُو مَنْ أَ ْدبَرَ وَ َتوَلّى‬ [70:17] It shall claim him who turned and fled (from truth),

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

‫وَجَمَ َع فَأَوْعَى‬ [70:18] And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

‫خلِقَ َهلُوعًا‬ ُ َ‫إِنّ الِْنسَان‬ [70:19] Surely man is created of a hasty temperament

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

‫إِذَا مَسّهُ الشّرّ جَزُوعًا‬ [70:20] Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

‫وَإِذَا مَسّ ُه الْخَيْرُ َمنُوعًا‬ [70:21] And niggardly when good befalls him

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

َ‫إِلّ الْمُصَلّين‬ [70:22] Except those who pray,

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

َ‫ن هُمْ عَلَى صَلَ ِتهِمْ دَا ِئمُون‬ َ ‫الّذِي‬ [70:23] Those who are constant at their prayer

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

ٌ‫وَالّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَاِلهِمْ حَقّ ّمعْلُوم‬ [70:24] And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion.

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

ِ‫ل وَالْمَحْرُوم‬ ِ ِ‫لّلسّائ‬ [70:25] For him who begs and for him who is denied (good)

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

ِ‫وَالّذِينَ يُصَدّقُونَ ِبيَوْمِ الدّين‬ [70:26] And those who accept the truth of the judgment day

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

َ‫وَالّذِينَ هُم مّنْ عَذَابِ رَ ّبهِم مّشْفِقُون‬ [70:27] And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord--

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

ٍ‫إِنّ عَذَابَ َربّهِمْ غَيْ ُر مَ ْأمُون‬ [70:28] Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure of--

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

َ‫جهِمْ حَافِظُون‬ ِ ‫وَالّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُو‬ [70:29] And those who guard their private parts,

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

ْ‫جهِمْ أَوْ مَا مََل َكتْ َأيْمَانُهُ ْم فَإِنّهُم‬ ِ ‫علَى أَزْوَا‬ َ ّ‫إِل‬ َ‫غَيْرُ َملُومِين‬ [70:30] Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess-- for these surely are not to be blamed,

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

َ‫ن ا ْبتَغَى وَرَاء ذَلِكَ فَأُ ْولَئِكَ هُ ُم الْعَادُون‬ ِ َ‫فَم‬ [70:31] But he who seeks to go beyond this, these it is that go beyond the limits--

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

َ‫لِمَانَاتِهِ ْم وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُون‬ َ ْ‫وَالّذِينَ هُم‬ [70:32] And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

َ‫وَالّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَادَاتِهِ ْم قَائِمُون‬ [70:33] And those who are upright in their testimonies,

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

َ‫وَالّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى صَلَتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُون‬ [70:34] And those who keep a guard on their prayer,

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

َ‫ك فِي جَنّاتٍ مّكْ َرمُون‬ َ ِ‫ُأوْلَئ‬ [70:35] Those shall be in gardens, honored.

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

َ‫ن كَفَرُوا قِ َبلَكَ ُمهْطِعِين‬ َ ‫ل الّذِي‬ ِ ‫فَمَا‬ [70:36] But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten on around you,

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

َ‫ن الشّمَالِ عِزِين‬ ِ َ‫عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَع‬ [70:37] On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties?

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

ٍ‫ئ مّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنّ َة نَعِيم‬ ٍ ‫طمَعُ كُلّ امْ ِر‬ ْ َ‫أَي‬ [70:38] Does every man of them desire that he should be made to enter the garden of bliss?

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

َ‫كَلّ ِإنّا خَلَ ْقنَاهُم ّممّا يَ ْعلَمُون‬ [70:39] By no means! Surely We have created them of what they know.

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

‫فَلَ ُأقْسِمُ بِ َربّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْ َمغَا ِربِ ِإنّا‬ َ‫لَقَادِرُون‬ [70:40] But nay! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly able

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

َ‫سبُوقِين‬ ْ َ‫حنُ ِبم‬ ْ َ‫علَى أَن ّنبَدّلَ خَيْرًا مّنْهُمْ وَمَا ن‬ َ [70:41] To bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome.

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

ُ‫فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَ َيلْعَبُوا حَتّى يُلَقُوا َيوْ َمهُم‬ َ‫الّذِي يُوعَدُون‬ [70:42] Therefore leave them alone to go on with the false discourses and to sport until they come face to face with that day of theirs with which they are threatened;

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

‫ن مِنَ الَْجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَ ّنهُمْ إِلَى‬ َ ‫يَوْ َم يَخْرُجُو‬ َ‫صبٍ يُو ِفضُون‬ ُ ُ‫ن‬ [70:43] The day on which they shall come forth from their graves in haste, as if they were hastening on to a goal,

Surah al-Ma’aarij (The Ascending Stairways)

‫ك الْ َيوْمُ الّذِي‬ َ ِ‫خَاشِعَ ًة أَ ْبصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ِذلّةٌ ذَل‬ َ‫كَانُوا يُوعَدُون‬ [70:44] Their eyes cast down; disgrace shall overtake them; that is the day which they were threatened with.