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70. Al-Ma'aarij

The Ascending Stairways · 44 ayahs · Meccan

سُورَةُ المَعَارِجِ
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  1. 1

    سَأَلَسَآئِلٌۢبِعَذَابٍۢوَاقِعٍۢ١

    ENA supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

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    لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَلَيْسَلَهُۥدَافِعٌۭ٢

    ENTo the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

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    مِّنَٱللَّهِذِىٱلْمَعَارِجِ٣

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

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    تَعْرُجُٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُوَٱلرُّوحُإِلَيْهِفِىيَوْمٍۢكَانَمِقْدَارُهُۥخَمْسِينَأَلْفَسَنَةٍۢ٤

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

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    فَٱصْبِرْصَبْرًۭاجَمِيلًا٥

    ENSo be patient with gracious patience.

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    إِنَّهُمْيَرَوْنَهُۥبَعِيدًۭا٦

    ENIndeed, they see it [as] distant,

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    وَنَرَىٰهُقَرِيبًۭا٧

    ENBut We see it [as] near.

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    يَوْمَتَكُونُٱلسَّمَآءُكَٱلْمُهْلِ٨

    ENOn the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

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    وَتَكُونُٱلْجِبَالُكَٱلْعِهْنِ٩

    ENAnd the mountains will be like wool,

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    وَلَايَسْـَٔلُحَمِيمٌحَمِيمًۭا١٠

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

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    يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚيَوَدُّٱلْمُجْرِمُلَوْيَفْتَدِىمِنْعَذَابِيَوْمِئِذٍۭبِبَنِيهِ١١

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

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    وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦوَأَخِيهِ١٢

    ENAnd his wife and his brother

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    وَفَصِيلَتِهِٱلَّتِىتُـْٔوِيهِ١٣

    ENAnd his nearest kindred who shelter him

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    وَمَنفِىٱلْأَرْضِجَمِيعًۭاثُمَّيُنجِيهِ١٤

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

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    كَلَّآ ۖإِنَّهَالَظَىٰ١٥

    ENNo! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],

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    نَزَّاعَةًۭلِّلشَّوَىٰ١٦

    ENA remover of exteriors.

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    تَدْعُوا۟مَنْأَدْبَرَوَتَوَلَّىٰ١٧

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

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    وَجَمَعَفَأَوْعَىٰٓ١٨

    ENAnd collected [wealth] and hoarded.

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    ۞ إِنَّٱلْإِنسَـٰنَخُلِقَهَلُوعًا١٩

    ENIndeed, mankind was created anxious:

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    إِذَامَسَّهُٱلشَّرُّجَزُوعًۭا٢٠

    ENWhen evil touches him, impatient,

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    وَإِذَامَسَّهُٱلْخَيْرُمَنُوعًا٢١

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

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    إِلَّاٱلْمُصَلِّينَ٢٢

    ENExcept the observers of prayer -

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    ٱلَّذِينَهُمْعَلَىٰصَلَاتِهِمْدَآئِمُونَ٢٣

    ENThose who are constant in their prayer

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    وَٱلَّذِينَفِىٓأَمْوَٰلِهِمْحَقٌّۭمَّعْلُومٌۭ٢٤

    ENAnd those within whose wealth is a known right

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    لِّلسَّآئِلِوَٱلْمَحْرُومِ٢٥

    ENFor the petitioner and the deprived -

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    وَٱلَّذِينَيُصَدِّقُونَبِيَوْمِٱلدِّينِ٢٦

    ENAnd those who believe in the Day of Recompense

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    وَٱلَّذِينَهُممِّنْعَذَابِرَبِّهِممُّشْفِقُونَ٢٧

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

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    إِنَّعَذَابَرَبِّهِمْغَيْرُمَأْمُونٍۢ٢٨

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

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    وَٱلَّذِينَهُمْلِفُرُوجِهِمْحَـٰفِظُونَ٢٩

    ENAnd those who guard their private parts

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    إِلَّاعَلَىٰٓأَزْوَٰجِهِمْأَوْمَامَلَكَتْأَيْمَـٰنُهُمْفَإِنَّهُمْغَيْرُمَلُومِينَ٣٠

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

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    فَمَنِٱبْتَغَىٰوَرَآءَذَٰلِكَفَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْعَادُونَ٣١

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

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    وَٱلَّذِينَهُمْلِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْوَعَهْدِهِمْرَٰعُونَ٣٢

    ENAnd those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

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    وَٱلَّذِينَهُمبِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْقَآئِمُونَ٣٣

    ENAnd those who are in their testimonies upright

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    وَٱلَّذِينَهُمْعَلَىٰصَلَاتِهِمْيُحَافِظُونَ٣٤

    ENAnd those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

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    أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَفِىجَنَّـٰتٍۢمُّكْرَمُونَ٣٥

    ENThey will be in gardens, honored.

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    فَمَالِٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟قِبَلَكَمُهْطِعِينَ٣٦

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

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    عَنِٱلْيَمِينِوَعَنِٱلشِّمَالِعِزِينَ٣٧

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

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    أَيَطْمَعُكُلُّٱمْرِئٍۢمِّنْهُمْأَنيُدْخَلَجَنَّةَنَعِيمٍۢ٣٨

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

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    كَلَّآ ۖإِنَّاخَلَقْنَـٰهُممِّمَّايَعْلَمُونَ٣٩

    ENNo! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.

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    فَلَآأُقْسِمُبِرَبِّٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِوَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِإِنَّالَقَـٰدِرُونَ٤٠

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

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    عَلَىٰٓأَننُّبَدِّلَخَيْرًۭامِّنْهُمْوَمَانَحْنُبِمَسْبُوقِينَ٤١

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

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    فَذَرْهُمْيَخُوضُوا۟وَيَلْعَبُوا۟حَتَّىٰيُلَـٰقُوا۟يَوْمَهُمُٱلَّذِىيُوعَدُونَ٤٢

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

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    يَوْمَيَخْرُجُونَمِنَٱلْأَجْدَاثِسِرَاعًۭاكَأَنَّهُمْإِلَىٰنُصُبٍۢيُوفِضُونَ٤٣

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

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    خَـٰشِعَةًأَبْصَـٰرُهُمْتَرْهَقُهُمْذِلَّةٌۭ ۚذَٰلِكَٱلْيَوْمُٱلَّذِىكَانُوا۟يُوعَدُونَ٤٤

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

Translations: Korkut (BS), Sahih International (EN). Transliteration: en.transliteration (alquran.cloud). Recitation with verse and word timings: Mishary Alafasy (quran.com). Text: alquran.cloud + quran.com.

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