Al-Ma'arij

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ١

Saala sa-ilun biAAathabin waqiAA

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

A demanding person has asked for the punishment that is going to befall

لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ٢

Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAA

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

the disbelievers; there is no one to avert it,

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ٣

Mina Allahi thee almaAAarij

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

(and it will come) from Allah, the Lord of the stairways,

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ٤

TaAAruju almala-ikatu warroohuilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfasana

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

to whom ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the length of which is fifty thousand years.

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا٥

Fasbir sabran jameela

So be patient with gracious patience.

So, observe patience, a good patience.

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا٦

Innahum yarawnahu baAAeeda

Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

They see it far off,

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا٧

Wanarahu qareeba

But We see it [as] near.

and We see it near.

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ٨

Yawma takoonu assamao kalmuhl

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

(This punishment will befall) on the Day when the sky will be like dregs of oil,

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ٩

Watakoonu aljibalu kalAAihn

And the mountains will be like wool,

and the mountains will be like dyed wool,

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا١٠

Wala yas-alu hameemun hameema

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

and no friend will ask about any friend,

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ١١

Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu lawyaftadee min AAathabi yawmi-ithin bibaneeh

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

(though) they will be made to see each other. A guilty person will desire that he may be able to ransom himself from the torment of that day even by his sons,

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ١٢

Wasahibatihi waakheeh

And his wife and his brother

and his wife and his brother,

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ١٣

Wafaseelatihi allatee tu/weeh

And his nearest kindred who shelter him.

and his kindred that sheltered him,

وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ١٤

Waman fee al-ardi jameeAAan thummayunjeeh

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

and all those on earth, then he may redeem himself.

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ١٥

Kalla innaha latha

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

By no means! It is the flaming fire

نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ١٦

NazzaAAatan lishshawa

A remover of exteriors.

that will pull out the skin of the scalp.

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ١٧

TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

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

It will call him who had turned his back and fled away (from the truth)

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ١٨

WajamaAAa faawAAa

And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

and accumulated (wealth) and hoarded (it).

۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا١٩

Inna al-insana khuliqa halooAAa

Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

Indeed man is created weak in courage,

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا٢٠

Itha massahu ashsharrujazooAAa

When evil touches him, impatient,

very upset when touched by evil,

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا٢١

Wa-itha massahu alkhayru manooAAa

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

and very niggard when visited by good (fortune),

إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ٢٢

Illa almusalleen

Except the observers of prayer -

except the performers of Salāh,

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ٢٣

Allatheena hum AAala salatihimda-imoon

Those who are constant in their prayer

who are regular in their Salāh,

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ٢٤

Wallatheena fee amwalihimhaqqun maAAloom

And those within whose wealth is a known right

and those in whose riches there is a specified right

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ٢٥

Lissa-ili walmahroom

For the petitioner and the deprived -

for the one who asks and the one who is deprived,

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ٢٦

Wallatheena yusaddiqoonabiyawmi addeen

And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

and those who believe in the Day of Judgment as true,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ٢٧

Wallatheena hum min AAathabirabbihim mushfiqoon

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

and those who are fearful of the torment of their Lord-

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ٢٨

Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru ma/moon

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

-Indeed the torment of their Lord is not something to be fearless from.-

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ٢٩

Wallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoon

And those who guard their private parts

and those who guard their private parts,

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ٣٠

Illa AAala azwajihim awma malakat aymanuhum fa-innahum ghayru maloomeen

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

except from their wives and those (slave-girls) owned by their hands,- because they are not to be blamed,

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ٣١

Famani ibtagha waraa thalikafaola-ika humu alAAadoon

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

but the one who seeks (sexual gratification) beyond that, then such people are the transgressors,-

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ٣٢

Wallatheena hum li-amanatihimwaAAahdihim raAAoon

And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive.

and those who are careful about their trusts and covenants,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ٣٣

Wallatheena hum bishahadatihimqa-imoon

And those who are in their testimonies upright

and those who are upright in their testimonies,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ٣٤

Wallatheena hum AAala salatihimyuhafithoon

And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

and those who take due care of their Salāh .

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ٣٥

Ola-ika fee jannatin mukramoon

They will be in gardens, honored.

Those will be honoured in gardens (of Jannah ).

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ٣٦

Famali allatheena kafarooqibalaka muhtiAAeen

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

So what has happened to those who disbelieve that they are rushing towards you

عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ٣٧

AAani alyameeni waAAani ashshimaliAAizeen

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

from the right and from the left, in groups?

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ٣٨

AyatmaAAu kullu imri-in minhum anyudkhala jannata naAAeem

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

Does every one of them aspire to be admitted to the garden of bliss?

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ٣٩

Kalla inna khalaqnahummimma yaAAlamoon

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

By no means! We have created them from what they know.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ٤٠

Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqiwalmagharibi inna laqadiroon

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

So, I swear by the Lord of the points of sunrise and those of sunset, We are powerful

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ٤١

AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wamanahnu bimasbooqeen

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

to bring those better than them in their place, and We are not to be frustrated.

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ٤٢

Fatharhum yakhoodoowayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allatheeyooAAadoon

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

So, leave them involved in pastime and play until they encounter their Day, which they are promised,

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ٤٣

Yawma yakhrujoona mina al-ajdathi siraAAankaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoon

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

the Day they will come out of the graves quickly, as if they were rushing toward idols,

خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ٤٤

KhashiAAatan absaruhumtarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allatheekanoo yooAAadoon

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

with their eyes downcast, enveloped by ignominy. That is the Day, which they were being promised.