Surah 70 · Makki

Al-Ma'arij

The Ascending Stairways · 44 ayat

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70:1

سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ﴿1﴾

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

70:2

لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ﴿2﴾

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer

70:3

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ﴿3﴾

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

70:4

تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ﴿4﴾

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

70:5

فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا﴿5﴾

So be patient with gracious patience

70:6

إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا﴿6﴾

Indeed, they see it [as] distant

70:7

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا﴿7﴾

But We see it [as] near

70:8

يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ﴿8﴾

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil

70:9

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ﴿9﴾

And the mountains will be like wool

70:10

وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمٗا﴿10﴾

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend

70:11

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ﴿11﴾

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

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ﴿12﴾

And his wife and his brother

70:13

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ﴿13﴾

And his nearest kindred who shelter him

70:14

وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ﴿14﴾

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

70:15

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ﴿15﴾

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

70:16

نَزَّاعَةٗ لِّلشَّوَىٰ﴿16﴾

A remover of exteriors

70:17

تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ﴿17﴾

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

70:18

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ﴿18﴾

And collected [wealth] and hoarded

70:19

۞إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا﴿19﴾

Indeed, mankind was created anxious

70:20

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعٗا﴿20﴾

When evil touches him, impatient

70:21

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا﴿21﴾

And when good touches him, withholding [of it]

70:22

إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ﴿22﴾

Except the observers of prayer

70:23

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ﴿23﴾

Those who are constant in their prayer

70:24

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ﴿24﴾

And those within whose wealth is a known right

70:25

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ﴿25﴾

For the petitioner and the deprived

70:26

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ﴿26﴾

And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

70:27

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ﴿27﴾

And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord

70:28

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونٖ﴿28﴾

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

70:29

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ﴿29﴾

And those who guard their private parts

70:30

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ﴿30﴾

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

70:31

فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ﴿31﴾

But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors

70:32

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ﴿32﴾

And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

70:33

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُونَ﴿33﴾

And those who are in their testimonies upright

70:34

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ﴿34﴾

And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer

70:35

أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ مُّكۡرَمُونَ﴿35﴾

They will be in gardens, honored

70:36

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِينَ﴿36﴾

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

70:37

عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ﴿37﴾

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

70:38

أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٖ﴿38﴾

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

70:39

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ﴿39﴾

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

70:40

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ﴿40﴾

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

70:41

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ﴿41﴾

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

70:42

فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ﴿42﴾

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

70:43

يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعٗا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٖ يُوفِضُونَ﴿43﴾

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

70:44

خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٞۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ﴿44﴾

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

Translation

Saheeh International by Umm Muhammad. Arabic text sourced from The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia. Dataset Quran JSON v3.1.2, CC-BY-SA-4.0.