Al Ma'arij

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

1 One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 Upon the disbelievers, which none can avert,

Shakir

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

Pickthall

2 Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

3 From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

4 To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure 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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

5 Therefore endure with a goodly patience.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

6 Surely they think it to be far off,

Pickthall

6 Lo! they behold it afar off

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 But We see it (quite) near.

Shakir

7 And We see it nigh.

Pickthall

7 While we behold it nigh:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And the mountains will be like flakes of wool.

Shakir

9 And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool

Pickthall

9 And the hills become as flakes of wool,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

10 And friend shall not ask of friend

Pickthall

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

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,

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,

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And his wife and his brother,

Shakir

12 And his wife and his brother

Pickthall

12 And his spouse and his brother

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And his kindred who sheltered him,

Shakir

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

Pickthall

13 And his kin that harboured him

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

15 By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Taking away (burning completely) the head skin!

Shakir

16 Dragging by the head,

Pickthall

16 Eager to roast;

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)

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

18 And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.

Pickthall

18 And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

19 Surely man is created of a hasty temperament

Pickthall

19 Lo! man was created anxious,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 Irritable (discontented) when evil touches him;

Shakir

20 Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him

Pickthall

20 Fretful when evil befalleth him

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 And niggardly when good touches him.

Shakir

21 And niggardly when good befalls him

Pickthall

21 And, when good befalleth him, grudging;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

22 Except those who pray,

Pickthall

22 Save worshippers.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

23 Those who are constant at their prayer

Pickthall

23 Who are constant at their worship

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 And those in whose wealth there is a recognised right

Shakir

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

Pickthall

24 And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

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).

Shakir

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

Pickthall

25 For the beggar and the destitute;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 And those who believe in the Day of Recompense.

Shakir

26 And those who accept the truth of the judgment day

Pickthall

26 And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 And those who fear the torment of their Lord.

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

29 And those who guard their private parts,

Pickthall

29 And those who preserve their chastity

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 And those who keep their trusts and covenants.

Shakir

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

Pickthall

32 And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 And those who stand firm in their testimonies.

Shakir

33 And those who are upright in their testimonies,

Pickthall

33 And those who stand by their testimony

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

34 And those who keep a guard on their prayer,

Pickthall

34 And those who are attentive at their worship.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

35 Those shall be in gardens, honored.

Pickthall

35 These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

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)].

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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;

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

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!

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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