Al Ma'arij

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall

Transliteration

1 Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall

Pickthall

2 Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

Transliteration

2 Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 Upon the disbelievers, which none can avert,

Pickthall

3 From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

Transliteration

3 Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 From Allah, the Lord of the ways of ascent.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

4 TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 The angels and the Ruh [Jibril (Gabriel)] ascend to Him in a Day the measure whereof is fifty thousand years.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

5 Faisbir sabran jameelan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 So be patient (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), with a good patience.

Pickthall

6 Lo! they behold it afar off

Transliteration

6 Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 Verily, they see it (the torment) afar off.

Pickthall

7 While we behold it nigh:

Transliteration

7 Wanarahu qareeban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 But We see it (quite) near.

Pickthall

8 The day when the sky will become as molten copper,

Transliteration

8 Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 The Day that the sky will be like the boiling filth of oil, (or molten copper or silver or lead).

Pickthall

9 And the hills become as flakes of wool,

Transliteration

9 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And the mountains will be like flakes of wool.

Pickthall

10 And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend

Transliteration

10 Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 And no friend will ask a friend (about his condition),

Pickthall

11 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

Transliteration

11 Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 Though they shall be made to see one another [(i.e. on the Day of Resurrection), there will be none but see his father, children and relatives, but he will neither speak to them nor will ask them for any help]. The Mujrim, (criminal, sinner, disbeliever) would desire to ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by his children,

Pickthall

12 And his spouse and his brother

Transliteration

12 Wasahibatihi waakheehi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And his wife and his brother,

Pickthall

13 And his kin that harboured him

Transliteration

13 Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And his kindred who sheltered him,

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

14 Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 And all that are in the earth, so that it might save him.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

15 Kalla innaha latha

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 By no means! Verily, it will be the Fire of Hell,

Pickthall

16 Eager to roast;

Transliteration

16 NazzaAAatan lilshshawa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Taking away (burning completely) the head skin!

Pickthall

17 It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),

Transliteration

17 TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 Calling (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from Faith) [picking and swallowing them up from that great gathering of mankind on the Day of Resurrection just as a bird picks up a food-grain from the earth with its beak and swallows it up] (Tafsir Al-Qurtubi)

Pickthall

18 And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.

Transliteration

18 WajamaAAa faawAAa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 And collect (wealth) and hide it (from spending it in the Cause of Allah).

Pickthall

19 Lo! man was created anxious,

Transliteration

19 Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 Verily, man (disbeliever) was created very impatient;

Pickthall

20 Fretful when evil befalleth him

Transliteration

20 Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 Irritable (discontented) when evil touches him;

Pickthall

21 And, when good befalleth him, grudging;

Transliteration

21 Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 And niggardly when good touches him.

Pickthall

22 Save worshippers.

Transliteration

22 Illa almusalleena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 Except those who are devoted to Salat (prayers).

Pickthall

23 Who are constant at their worship

Transliteration

23 Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Those who remain constant in their Salat (prayers);

Pickthall

24 And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

Transliteration

24 Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 And those in whose wealth there is a recognised right

Pickthall

25 For the beggar and the destitute;

Transliteration

25 Lilssaili waalmahroomi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 For the beggar who asks, and for the unlucky who has lost his property and wealth, (and his means of living has been straitened).

Pickthall

26 And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

Transliteration

26 Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 And those who believe in the Day of Recompense.

Pickthall

27 And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -

Transliteration

27 Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 And those who fear the torment of their Lord.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

28 Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 Verily, the torment of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure. -

Pickthall

29 And those who preserve their chastity

Transliteration

29 Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts from illegal sexual acts).

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

30 Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

30 Except from their wives or the (women slaves) whom their right hands possess - for (then) they are not blameworthy.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

31 Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

31 But whosoever seeks beyond that, then it is those who are trespassers.

Pickthall

32 And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,

Transliteration

32 Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 And those who keep their trusts and covenants.

Pickthall

33 And those who stand by their testimony

Transliteration

33 Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 And those who stand firm in their testimonies.

Pickthall

34 And those who are attentive at their worship.

Transliteration

34 Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And those who guard their Salat (prayers) well.

Pickthall

35 These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

Transliteration

35 Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 Such shall dwell in the Gardens (i.e. Paradise), honoured.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

36 Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 So what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten to listen from you [O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), in order to belie you and to mock at you, and at Allah's Book (this Qur'an)].

Pickthall

37 On the right and on the left, in groups ?

Transliteration

37 AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

37 (Sitting) in groups on the right and on the left (of you, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)?

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

38 AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

38 Does every man of them hope to enter the Paradise of Delight?

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

39 Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

39 No, that is not like that! Verily, We have created them out of that which they know!

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

40 Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

40 So I swear by the Lord of all the [three hundred and sixty-five (365)] points of sunrise and sunset in the east and the west that surely We are Able

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

41 AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

41 To replace them by (others) better than them; and We are not to be outrun.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

42 Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

42 So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they meet their Day which they are promised -

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

43 Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

43 The Day when they will come out of the graves quickly as racing to a goal,

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

44 KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

44 With their eyes lowered in fear and humility, ignominy covering them (all over)! That is the Day which they were promised!