سُورَةُ المعارج
70. Al-Ma'aarij
The Ascending Stairways
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ١
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A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen1748
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1748In the Hereafter. Disbelievers had challenged the Prophet (ﷺ) by invoking Allāh to bring on His punishment. See 8:32.
لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ٢
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To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
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مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ٣
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[It is] from Allāh, owner of the ways of ascent.
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تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ٤
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The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
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فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا٥
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So be patient with gracious patience.
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إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا٦
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Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
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وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا٧
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But We see it [as] near.
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يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ٨
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On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,1749
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1749Or "molten metal."
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ٩
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And the mountains will be like wool,1750
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1750i.e., in the process of disintegration.
وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا١٠
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And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
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يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ١١
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They 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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وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ١٢
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And his wife and his brother
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وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ١٣
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And his nearest kindred who shelter him
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وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ١٤
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And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
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كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ١٥
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No!1751 Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
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1751An emphatic refusal meaning "It is not to be."
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ١٦
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A remover of exteriors.1752
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1752This refers to the skin of the head or of the body or to the body extremities - which will be burned away.
تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ١٧
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It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
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وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ١٨
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And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
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إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا١٩
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Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
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إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا٢٠
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When evil touches him, impatient,
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وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا٢١
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And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
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إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ٢٢
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Except the observers of prayer -
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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ٢٣
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Those who are constant in their prayer
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وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ٢٤
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And those within whose wealth is a known right1753
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1753i.e., a specified share, meaning the obligatory zakāh.
لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ٢٥
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For the petitioner and the deprived -
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وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ٢٦
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And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ٢٧
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And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
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إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ٢٨
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Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ٢٩
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And those who guard their private parts
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إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ٣٠
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Except from their wives or those their right hands possess,1754 for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
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1754i.e., female slaves.
فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ٣١
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But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ٣٢
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And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ٣٣
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And those who are in their testimonies upright
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ٣٤
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And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ٣٥
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They will be in gardens,1755 honored.
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1755In Paradise.
فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ٣٦
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So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muḥammad],
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عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ٣٧
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[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?1756
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1756They sat at a distance in order to oppose and mock the Prophet (ﷺ), claiming that they would enter Paradise before the believers.
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ٣٨
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Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
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كَلَّآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ٣٩
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No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.1757
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1757i.e., a liquid disdained. So how can they expect to enter Paradise except by the will of their Creator?
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ٤٠
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So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings1758 that indeed We are able
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1758i.e., Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā), who determines the point at which the sun, moon and stars rise and set according to season and every position of observation.
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ٤١
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To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
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فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ٤٢
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So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -
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يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ٤٣
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The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.1759
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1759i.e., just as they used to race, whenever an idol was newly appointed, to be the first of its worshippers.
خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ٤٤
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Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.
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