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Al Ma'arij
Chapter 70, 44 verses
Pickthall
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Shakir
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall
Shakir
One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall
Pickthall
Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Upon the disbelievers, which none can avert,
Shakir
The unbelievers - - there is none to avert it - -
Pickthall
From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
From Allah, the Lord of the ways of ascent.
Shakir
From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent.
Pickthall
(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
The angels and the Ruh [Jibril (Gabriel)] ascend to Him in a Day the measure whereof is fifty thousand years.
Shakir
To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years.
Pickthall
But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So be patient (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), with a good patience.
Shakir
Therefore endure with a goodly patience.
Pickthall
Lo! they behold it afar off
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, they see it (the torment) afar off.
Shakir
Surely they think it to be far off,
Pickthall
While we behold it nigh:
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But We see it (quite) near.
Shakir
And We see it nigh.
Pickthall
The day when the sky will become as molten copper,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
The Day that the sky will be like the boiling filth of oil, (or molten copper or silver or lead).
Shakir
On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper
Pickthall
And the hills become as flakes of wool,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And the mountains will be like flakes of wool.
Shakir
And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool
Pickthall
And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And no friend will ask a friend (about his condition),
Shakir
And friend shall not ask of friend
Pickthall
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
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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, ) would desire to ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by his children,
Shakir
(Though) they shall be made to see each other. The guilty one would fain redeem himself from the chastisement of that day by (sacrificing) his children,
Pickthall
And his spouse and his brother
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And his wife and his brother,
Shakir
And his wife and his brother
Pickthall
And his kin that harboured him
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And his kindred who sheltered him,
Shakir
And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,
Pickthall
And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And all that are in the earth, so that it might save him.
Shakir
And all those that are in the earth, (wishing) then (that) this might deliver him.
Pickthall
But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
By no means! Verily, it will be the Fire of Hell,
Shakir
By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire
Pickthall
Eager to roast;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Taking away (burning completely) the head skin!
Shakir
Dragging by the head,
Pickthall
It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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)
Shakir
It shall claim him who turned and fled (from truth),
Pickthall
And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And collect (wealth) and hide it (from spending it in the Cause of Allah).
Shakir
And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.
Pickthall
Lo! man was created anxious,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, man () was created very impatient;
Shakir
Surely man is created of a hasty temperament
Pickthall
Fretful when evil befalleth him
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Irritable (discontented) when evil touches him;
Shakir
Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him
Pickthall
And, when good befalleth him, grudging;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And niggardly when good touches him.
Shakir
And niggardly when good befalls him
Pickthall
Save worshippers.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Except those who are devoted to Salat (prayers).
Shakir
Except those who pray,
Pickthall
Who are constant at their worship
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Those who remain constant in their Salat (prayers);
Shakir
Those who are constant at their prayer
Pickthall
And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And those in whose wealth there is a recognised right
Shakir
And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion.
Pickthall
For the beggar and the destitute;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
For the beggar who asks, and for the unlucky who has lost his property and wealth, (and his means of living has been straitened).
Shakir
For him who begs and for him who is denied (good)
Pickthall
And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense.
Shakir
And those who accept the truth of the judgment day
Pickthall
And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And those who fear the torment of their Lord.
Shakir
And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord - -
Pickthall
Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, the torment of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure. -
Shakir
Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure of - -
Pickthall
And those who preserve their chastity
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts from illegal sexual acts).
Shakir
And those who guard their private parts,
Pickthall
Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Except from their wives or the (women slaves) whom their right hands possess - for (then) they are not blameworthy.
Shakir
Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess - - for these surely are not to be blamed,
Pickthall
But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But whosoever seeks beyond that, then it is those who are trespassers.
Shakir
But he who seeks to go beyond this, these it is that go beyond the limits - -
Pickthall
And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And those who keep their trusts and covenants.
Shakir
And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant
Pickthall
And those who stand by their testimony
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And those who stand firm in their testimonies.
Shakir
And those who are upright in their testimonies,
Pickthall
And those who are attentive at their worship.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And those who guard their Salat (prayers) well.
Shakir
And those who keep a guard on their prayer,
Pickthall
These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Such shall dwell in the Gardens (i.e. Paradise), honoured.
Shakir
Those shall be in gardens, honored.
Pickthall
What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open - eyed,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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)].
Shakir
But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten on around you,
Pickthall
On the right and on the left, in groups ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
(Sitting) in groups on the right and on the left (of you, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)?
Shakir
On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties?
Pickthall
Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Does every man of them hope to enter the Paradise of Delight?
Shakir
Does every man of them desire that he should be made to enter the garden of bliss?
Pickthall
Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
No, that is not like that! Verily, We have created them out of that which they know!
Shakir
By no means! Surely We have created them of what they know.
Pickthall
But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising - places and the setting - places of the planets that We verily are Able
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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
Shakir
But nay! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly able
Pickthall
To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
To replace them by (others) better than them; and We are not to be outrun.
Shakir
To bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome.
Pickthall
So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they meet their Day which they are promised -
Shakir
Therefore leave them alone to go on with the false discourses and to sport until they come face to face with that day of theirs with which they are threatened;
Pickthall
The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
The Day when they will come out of the graves quickly as racing to a goal,
Shakir
The day on which they shall come forth from their graves in haste, as if they were hastening on to a goal,
Pickthall
With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
With their eyes lowered in fear and humility, ignominy covering them (all over)! That is the Day which they were promised!
Shakir
Their eyes cast down; disgrace shall overtake them; that is the day which they were threatened with.