আল মারিজ (উচ্চ মর্যাদা)

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

1 Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin

1 A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall -

2 Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

2 Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun

2 The Unbelievers, the which there is none to ward off, -

3 From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

3 Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji

3 (A Penalty) from Allah, Lord of the Ways of Ascent.

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

4 The angels and the spirit ascend unto him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years:

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

5 Faisbir sabran jameelan

5 Therefore do thou hold Patience, - a Patience of beautiful (contentment).

6 Lo! they behold it afar off

6 Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan

6 They see the (Day) indeed as a far - off (event):

7 While we behold it nigh:

7 Wanarahu qareeban

7 But We see it (quite) near.

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

8 Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli

8 The Day that the sky will be like molten brass,

9 And the hills become as flakes of wool,

9 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni

9 And the mountains will be like wool,

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

10 Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman

10 And no friend will ask after a friend,

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

11 Though they will be put in sight of each other, - the sinner's desire will be: Would that he could redeem himself from the Penalty of that Day by (sacrificing) his children,

12 And his spouse and his brother

12 Wasahibatihi waakheehi

12 His wife and his brother,

13 And his kin that harboured him

13 Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi

13 His kindred who sheltered him,

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

14 Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi

14 And all, all that is on earth, - so it could deliver him:

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

15 Kalla innaha latha

15 By no means! for it would be the Fire of Hell! -

16 Eager to roast;

16 NazzaAAatan lilshshawa

16 Plucking out (his being) right to the skull! -

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

17 TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

17 Inviting (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from the Right).

18 And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.

18 WajamaAAa faawAAa

18 And collect (wealth) and hide it (from use)!

19 Lo! man was created anxious,

19 Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan

19 Truly man was created very impatient; -

20 Fretful when evil befalleth him

20 Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan

20 Fretful when evil touches him;

21 And, when good befalleth him, grudging;

21 Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan

21 And niggardly when good reaches him; -

22 Save worshippers.

22 Illa almusalleena

22 Not so those devoted to Prayer; -

23 Who are constant at their worship

23 Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona

23 Those who remain steadfast to their prayer;

24 And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

24 Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun

24 And those in whose wealth is a recognised right.

25 For the beggar and the destitute;

25 Lilssaili waalmahroomi

25 For the (needy) who asks and him who is prevented (for some reason from asking);

26 And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

26 Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni

26 And those who hold to the truth of the Day of Judgment;

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

27 Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona

27 And those who fear the displeasure of their Lord, -

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

28 Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin

28 For their Lord's displeasure is the opposite of Peace and Tranquillity; -

29 And those who preserve their chastity

29 Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona

29 And those who guard their chastity,

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

30 Except with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hands possess, - for (then) they are not to be blamed,

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

31 Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona

31 But those who trespass beyond this are transgressors; -

32 And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,

32 Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona

32 And those who respect their trusts and covenants;

33 And those who stand by their testimony

33 Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona

33 And those who stand firm in their testimonies;

34 And those who are attentive at their worship.

34 Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona

34 And those who guard (the sacredness) of their worship; -

35 These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

35 Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona

35 Such will be the honoured ones in the Gardens (of Bliss).

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

36 Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena

36 Now what is the matter with the Unbelievers that they rush madly before thee -

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

37 AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena

37 From the right and from the left, in crowds?

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

38 AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin

38 Does every man of them long to enter the Garden of Bliss?

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

39 Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona

39 By no means! For We have created them out of the (base matter) they know!

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

40 Now I do call to witness the Lord of all points in the East and the West that We can certainly -

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

41 Substitute for them better (men) than they; And We are not to be defeated (in Our Plan).

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

42 So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they encounter that Day of theirs which they have been promised! -

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

43 The Day whereon they will issue from their sepulchres in sudden haste as if they were rushing to a goal - post (fixed for them), -

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

44 Their eyes lowered in dejection, - ignominy covering them (all over)! such is the Day the which they are promised!