Surah Al-Ma'arij

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ١

   70:1

   sa-ala sāilun biʿadhābin wāqiʿin

   A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

2. لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ٢

   70:2

   lil'kāfirīna laysa lahu dāfiʿun

   To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

3. مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ٣

   70:3

   mina l-lahi dhī l-maʿāriji

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

4. تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ٤

   70:4

   taʿruju l-malāikatu wal-rūḥu ilayhi fī yawmin kāna miq'dāruhu khamsīna alfa sanatin

   The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.

5. فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا٥

   70:5

   fa-iṣ'bir ṣabran jamīlan

   So be patient with gracious patience.

6. إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا٦

   70:6

   innahum yarawnahu baʿīdan

   Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

7. وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا٧

   70:7

   wanarāhu qarīban

   But We see it [as] near.

8. يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ٨

   70:8

   yawma takūnu l-samāu kal-muh'li

   On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

9. وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ٩

   70:9

   watakūnu l-jibālu kal-ʿih'ni

   And the mountains will be like wool,

10. وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمٗا١٠

    70:10

    walā yasalu ḥamīmun ḥamīman

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

11. يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ١١

    70:11

    yubaṣṣarūnahum yawaddu l-muj'rimu law yaftadī min ʿadhābi yawmi-idhin bibanīhi

    They 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 وَأَخِيهِ١٢

    70:12

    waṣāḥibatihi wa-akhīhi

    And his wife and his brother

13. وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ١٣

    70:13

    wafaṣīlatihi allatī tu'wīhi

    And his nearest kindred who shelter him.

14. وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ١٤

    70:14

    waman fī l-arḍi jamīʿan thumma yunjīhi

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

15. كـَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ١٥

    70:15

    kallā innahā laẓā

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

16. نَزَّاعَةٗ لِّلشَّوَىٰ١٦

    70:16

    nazzāʿatan lilshawā

    A remover of exteriors.

17. تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ١٧

    70:17

    tadʿū man adbara watawallā

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

18. وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ١٨

    70:18

    wajamaʿa fa-awʿā

    And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

19. ۞ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا١٩

    70:19

    inna l-insāna khuliqa halūʿan

    Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

20. إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعٗا٢٠

    70:20

    idhā massahu l-sharu jazūʿan

    When evil touches him, impatient,

21. وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا٢١

    70:21

    wa-idhā massahu l-khayru manūʿan

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

22. إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ٢٢

    70:22

    illā l-muṣalīna

    Except the observers of prayer -

23. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ٢٣

    70:23

    alladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalātihim dāimūna

    Those who are constant in their prayer

24. وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ٢٤

    70:24

    wa-alladhīna fī amwālihim ḥaqqun maʿlūmun

    And those within whose wealth is a known right

25. لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ٢٥

    70:25

    lilssāili wal-maḥrūmi

    For the petitioner and the deprived -

26. وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ٢٦

    70:26

    wa-alladhīna yuṣaddiqūna biyawmi l-dīni

    And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

27. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ٢٧

    70:27

    wa-alladhīna hum min ʿadhābi rabbihim mush'fiqūna

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

28. إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونٖ٢٨

    70:28

    inna ʿadhāba rabbihim ghayru mamūnin

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

29. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ٢٩

    70:29

    wa-alladhīna hum lifurūjihim ḥāfiẓūna

    And those who guard their private parts

30. إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ٣٠

    70:30

    illā ʿalā azwājihim aw mā malakat aymānuhum fa-innahum ghayru malūmīna

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

31. فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ٣١

    70:31

    famani ib'taghā warāa dhālika fa-ulāika humu l-ʿādūna

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

32. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ٣٢

    70:32

    wa-alladhīna hum li-amānātihim waʿahdihim rāʿūna

    And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive.

33. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُونَ٣٣

    70:33

    wa-alladhīna hum bishahādātihim qāimūna

    And those who are in their testimonies upright

34. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ٣٤

    70:34

    wa-alladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalātihim yuḥāfiẓūna

    And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

35. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ مُّكۡرَمُونَ٣٥

    70:35

    ulāika fī jannātin muk'ramūna

    They will be in gardens, honored.

36. فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِينَ٣٦

    70:36

    famāli alladhīna kafarū qibalaka muh'ṭiʿīna

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

37. عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ٣٧

    70:37

    ʿani l-yamīni waʿani l-shimāli ʿizīna

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

38. أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٖ٣٨

    70:38

    ayaṭmaʿu kullu im'ri-in min'hum an yud'khala jannata naʿīmin

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

39. كـَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ٣٩

    70:39

    kallā innā khalaqnāhum mimmā yaʿlamūna

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

40. فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ٤٠

    70:40

    falā uq'simu birabbi l-mashāriqi wal-maghāribi innā laqādirūna

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

41. عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ٤١

    70:41

    ʿalā an nubaddila khayran min'hum wamā naḥnu bimasbūqīna

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

42. فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ٤٢

    70:42

    fadharhum yakhūḍū wayalʿabū ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu alladhī yūʿadūna

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

43. يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعٗا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٖ يُوفِضُونَ٤٣

    70:43

    yawma yakhrujūna mina l-ajdāthi sirāʿan ka-annahum ilā nuṣubin yūfiḍūna

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

44. خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٞۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ٤٤

    70:44

    khāshiʿatan abṣāruhum tarhaquhum dhillatun dhālika l-yawmu alladhī kānū yūʿadūna

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