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70. Al-Ma'aarij — The Ascending Stairways

Qur'an · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · Revealed at Mecca · 44 sections

1. 70:1

   سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابࣲ وَاقِعࣲ‏

   Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin

   A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall

2. 70:2

   لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعࣱ‏

   Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun

   Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel

3. 70:3

   مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ

   Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji

   From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

4. 70:4

   تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمࣲ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةࣲ‏

   TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin

   (Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years

5. 70:5

   فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرࣰ ا جَمِيلًا

   Faisbir sabran jameelan

   But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see

6. 70:6

   إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدࣰ ا

   Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan

   Lo! they behold it afar off

7. 70:7

   وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبࣰ ا

   Wanarahu qareeban

   While we behold it nigh

8. 70:8

   يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ

   Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli

   The day when the sky will become as molten copper

9. 70:9

   وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ

   Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni

   And the hills become as flakes of wool

10. 70:10

    وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمࣰ ا

    Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman

    And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend

11. 70:11

    يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ

    Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi

    Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children

12. 70:12

    وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

    Wasahibatihi waakheehi

    And his spouse and his brother

13. 70:13

    وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ

    Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi

    And his kin that harboured him

14. 70:14

    وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعࣰ ا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

    Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi

    And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him

15. 70:15

    كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

    Kalla innaha latha

    But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell

16. 70:16

    نَزَّاعَةࣰ لِّلشَّوَىٰ

    NazzaAAatan lilshshawa

    Eager to roast

17. 70:17

    تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

    It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth)

18. 70:18

    وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ

    WajamaAAa faawAAa

    And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it

19. 70:19

    ۞إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

    Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan

    Lo! man was created anxious

20. 70:20

    إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعࣰ ا

    Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan

    Fretful when evil befalleth him

21. 70:21

    وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا

    Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan

    And, when good befalleth him, grudging

22. 70:22

    إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ

    Illa almusalleena

    Save worshippers

23. 70:23

    ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ

    Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona

    Who are constant at their worship

24. 70:24

    وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقࣱّ مَّعۡلُومࣱ‏

    Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun

    And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

25. 70:25

    لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ

    Lilssaili waalmahroomi

    For the beggar and the destitute

26. 70:26

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni

    And those who believe in the Day of Judgment

27. 70:27

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ

    Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona

    And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom

28. 70:28

    إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونࣲ‏

    Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin

    Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure

29. 70:29

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ

    Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona

    And those who preserve their chastity

30. 70:30

    إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ

    Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena

    Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy

31. 70:31

    فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ

    Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona

    But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors

32. 70:32

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ

    Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona

    And those who keep their pledges and their covenant

33. 70:33

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُونَ

    Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona

    And those who stand by their testimony

34. 70:34

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ

    Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona

    And those who are attentive at their worship

35. 70:35

    أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِي جَنَّٰتࣲ مُّكۡرَمُونَ

    Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona

    These will dwell in Gardens, honoured

36. 70:36

    فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِينَ

    Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena

    What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open-eyed

37. 70:37

    عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

    AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena

    On the right and on the left, in groups

38. 70:38

    أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيࣲٕ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمࣲ‏

    AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin

    Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight

39. 70:39

    كَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ

    Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona

    Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know

40. 70:40

    فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ

    Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona

    But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the setting-places of the planets that We verily are Able

41. 70:41

    عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرࣰ ا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ

    AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena

    To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun

42. 70:42

    فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ

    Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona

    So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised

43. 70:43

    يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعࣰ ا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبࣲ يُوفِضُونَ

    Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona

    The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal

44. 70:44

    خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةࣱۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ

    KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona

    With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised

Qur'an text and translations via fawazahmed0/quran-api; Arabic Uthmani Hafs from the King Fahd Glorious Qur'an Printing Complex, transliteration from Tanzil.net. Licence: Public domain. Source.