Al Ma'arij

Shakir

1 One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall

Saheeh International

1 A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

Pickthall

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

Shakir

2 The unbelievers - - there is none to avert it - -

Saheeh International

2 To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

Pickthall

2 Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

3 From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

Shakir

4 To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years.

Saheeh International

4 The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.

Pickthall

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

Shakir

5 Therefore endure with a goodly patience.

Saheeh International

5 So be patient with gracious patience.

Pickthall

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

Shakir

6 Surely they think it to be far off,

Saheeh International

6 Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

Pickthall

6 Lo! they behold it afar off

Shakir

7 And We see it nigh.

Saheeh International

7 But We see it [as] near.

Pickthall

7 While we behold it nigh:

Shakir

8 On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper

Saheeh International

8 On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

Pickthall

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

Shakir

9 And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool

Saheeh International

9 And the mountains will be like wool,

Pickthall

9 And the hills become as flakes of wool,

Shakir

10 And friend shall not ask of friend

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

11 (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,

Saheeh International

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

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

Shakir

12 And his wife and his brother

Saheeh International

12 And his wife and his brother

Pickthall

12 And his spouse and his brother

Shakir

13 And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,

Saheeh International

13 And his nearest kindred who shelter him

Pickthall

13 And his kin that harboured him

Shakir

14 And all those that are in the earth, (wishing) then (that) this might deliver him.

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

15 By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

16 Dragging by the head,

Saheeh International

16 A remover of exteriors.

Pickthall

16 Eager to roast;

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

18 And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.

Saheeh International

18 And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

Pickthall

18 And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.

Shakir

19 Surely man is created of a hasty temperament

Saheeh International

19 Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

Pickthall

19 Lo! man was created anxious,

Shakir

20 Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him

Saheeh International

20 When evil touches him, impatient,

Pickthall

20 Fretful when evil befalleth him

Shakir

21 And niggardly when good befalls him

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

21 And, when good befalleth him, grudging;

Shakir

22 Except those who pray,

Saheeh International

22 Except the observers of prayer -

Pickthall

22 Save worshippers.

Shakir

23 Those who are constant at their prayer

Saheeh International

23 Those who are constant in their prayer

Pickthall

23 Who are constant at their worship

Shakir

24 And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion.

Saheeh International

24 And those within whose wealth is a known right

Pickthall

24 And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

Shakir

25 For him who begs and for him who is denied (good)

Saheeh International

25 For the petitioner and the deprived -

Pickthall

25 For the beggar and the destitute;

Shakir

26 And those who accept the truth of the judgment day

Saheeh International

26 And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

Pickthall

26 And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

Shakir

27 And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord - -

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

28 Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure of - -

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

29 And those who guard their private parts,

Saheeh International

29 And those who guard their private parts

Pickthall

29 And those who preserve their chastity

Shakir

30 Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess - - for these surely are not to be blamed,

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

31 But he who seeks to go beyond this, these it is that go beyond the limits - -

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

32 And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant

Saheeh International

32 And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

Pickthall

32 And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,

Shakir

33 And those who are upright in their testimonies,

Saheeh International

33 And those who are in their testimonies upright

Pickthall

33 And those who stand by their testimony

Shakir

34 And those who keep a guard on their prayer,

Saheeh International

34 And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

Pickthall

34 And those who are attentive at their worship.

Shakir

35 Those shall be in gardens, honored.

Saheeh International

35 They will be in gardens, honored.

Pickthall

35 These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

Shakir

36 But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten on around you,

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

37 On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties?

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

38 Does every man of them desire that he should be made to enter the garden of bliss?

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

39 By no means! Surely We have created them of what they know.

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

40 But nay! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly able

Saheeh International

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

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

Shakir

41 To bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome.

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

42 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;

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

43 The day on which they shall come forth from their graves in haste, as if they were hastening on to a goal,

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

44 Their eyes cast down; disgrace shall overtake them; that is the day which they were threatened with.

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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