Al Ma'arij

1 Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin

1 One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall

2 Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun

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

3 Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji

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

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

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

5 Faisbir sabran jameelan

5 Therefore endure with a goodly patience.

6 Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan

6 Surely they think it to be far off,

7 Wanarahu qareeban

7 And We see it nigh.

8 Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli

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

9 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni

9 And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool

10 Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman

10 And friend shall not ask of friend

11 Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi

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,

12 Wasahibatihi waakheehi

12 And his wife and his brother

13 Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi

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

14 Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi

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

15 Kalla innaha latha

15 By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire

16 NazzaAAatan lilshshawa

16 Dragging by the head,

17 TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

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

18 WajamaAAa faawAAa

18 And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.

19 Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan

19 Surely man is created of a hasty temperament

20 Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan

20 Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him

21 Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan

21 And niggardly when good befalls him

22 Illa almusalleena

22 Except those who pray,

23 Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona

23 Those who are constant at their prayer

24 Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun

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

25 Lilssaili waalmahroomi

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

26 Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni

26 And those who accept the truth of the judgment day

27 Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona

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

28 Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin

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

29 Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona

29 And those who guard their private parts,

30 Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena

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

31 Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona

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

32 Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona

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

33 Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona

33 And those who are upright in their testimonies,

34 Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona

34 And those who keep a guard on their prayer,

35 Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona

35 Those shall be in gardens, honored.

36 Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena

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

37 AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena

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

38 AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin

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

39 Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona

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

40 Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona

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

41 AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena

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

42 Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona

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;

43 Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona

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

44 KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona

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