Al Ma'arij

1 A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

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 To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

2 Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

2 Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun

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

3 From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

3 Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji

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

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 So be patient with gracious patience.

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

5 Faisbir sabran jameelan

6 Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

6 Lo! they behold it afar off

6 Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan

7 But We see it [as] near.

7 While we behold it nigh:

7 Wanarahu qareeban

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

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

8 Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli

9 And the mountains will be like wool,

9 And the hills become as flakes of wool,

9 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni

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

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

10 Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman

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

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 wife and his brother

12 And his spouse and his brother

12 Wasahibatihi waakheehi

13 And his nearest kindred who shelter him

13 And his kin that harboured him

13 Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi

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

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

14 Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi

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

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

15 Kalla innaha latha

16 A remover of exteriors.

16 Eager to roast;

16 NazzaAAatan lilshshawa

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

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

17 TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

18 And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

18 And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.

18 WajamaAAa faawAAa

19 Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

19 Lo! man was created anxious,

19 Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan

20 When evil touches him, impatient,

20 Fretful when evil befalleth him

20 Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan

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

21 And, when good befalleth him, grudging;

21 Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan

22 Except the observers of prayer -

22 Save worshippers.

22 Illa almusalleena

23 Those who are constant in their prayer

23 Who are constant at their worship

23 Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona

24 And those within whose wealth is a known right

24 And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

24 Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun

25 For the petitioner and the deprived -

25 For the beggar and the destitute;

25 Lilssaili waalmahroomi

26 And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

26 And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

26 Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni

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

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

27 Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona

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

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 guard their private parts

29 And those who preserve their chastity

29 Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona

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

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 whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -

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 are to their trusts and promises attentive

32 And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,

32 Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona

33 And those who are in their testimonies upright

33 And those who stand by their testimony

33 Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona

34 And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

34 And those who are attentive at their worship.

34 Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona

35 They will be in gardens, honored.

35 These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

35 Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona

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

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

36 Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena

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

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

37 AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena

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

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

38 AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin

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

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

39 Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona

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

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

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

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

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

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