Al-Ma`ārij

70:1 · page 568

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

70:2 · page 568

لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

70:3 · page 568

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ

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

70:4 · page 568

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ

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

70:5 · page 568

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا

So be patient with gracious patience.

70:6 · page 568

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا

Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

70:7 · page 568

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا

But We see it [as] near.

70:8 · page 568

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

70:9 · page 568

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ

And the mountains will be like wool,

70:10 · page 568

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا

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

70:11 · page 569

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ

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

70:12 · page 569

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

And his wife and his brother

70:13 · page 569

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ

And his nearest kindred who shelter him.

70:14 · page 569

وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

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

70:15 · page 569

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

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

70:16 · page 569

نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ

A remover of exteriors.

70:17 · page 569

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

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

70:18 · page 569

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ

And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

70:19 · page 569

۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

70:20 · page 569

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا

When evil touches him, impatient,

70:21 · page 569

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

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

70:22 · page 569

إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

Except the observers of prayer -

70:23 · page 569

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ

Those who are constant in their prayer

70:24 · page 569

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ

And those within whose wealth is a known right

70:25 · page 569

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ

For the petitioner and the deprived -

70:26 · page 569

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

70:27 · page 569

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ

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

70:28 · page 569

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ

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

70:29 · page 569

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ

And those who guard their private parts

70:30 · page 569

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

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

70:31 · page 569

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ

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

70:32 · page 569

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ

And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive.

70:33 · page 569

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ

And those who are in their testimonies upright

70:34 · page 569

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

70:35 · page 569

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ

They will be in gardens, honored.

70:36 · page 569

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ

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

70:37 · page 569

عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

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

70:38 · page 569

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ

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

70:39 · page 569

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

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

70:40 · page 570

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ

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

70:41 · page 570

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

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

70:42 · page 570

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

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

70:43 · page 570

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ

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

70:44 · page 570

خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

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