Al Ma'arij

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

1 Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin

2 Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

2 Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun

3 From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

3 Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji

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

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

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

5 Faisbir sabran jameelan

6 Lo! they behold it afar off

6 Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan

7 While we behold it nigh:

7 Wanarahu qareeban

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

8 Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli

9 And the hills become as flakes of wool,

9 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni

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

10 Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman

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

11 Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi

12 And his spouse and his brother

12 Wasahibatihi waakheehi

13 And his kin that harboured him

13 Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi

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

14 Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi

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

15 Kalla innaha latha

16 Eager to roast;

16 NazzaAAatan lilshshawa

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

17 TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

18 And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.

18 WajamaAAa faawAAa

19 Lo! man was created anxious,

19 Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan

20 Fretful when evil befalleth him

20 Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan

21 And, when good befalleth him, grudging;

21 Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan

22 Save worshippers.

22 Illa almusalleena

23 Who are constant at their worship

23 Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona

24 And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

24 Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun

25 For the beggar and the destitute;

25 Lilssaili waalmahroomi

26 And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

26 Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni

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

27 Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona

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

28 Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin

29 And those who preserve their chastity

29 Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona

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

30 Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena

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

31 Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona

32 And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,

32 Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona

33 And those who stand by their testimony

33 Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona

34 And those who are attentive at their worship.

34 Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona

35 These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

35 Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona

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

36 Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena

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

37 AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena

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

38 AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin

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

39 Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona

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

40 Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona

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

41 AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena

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

42 Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona

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

43 Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona

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

44 KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona