Al Ma'arij

Yusuf Ali

1 A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall -

Shakir

1 One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 Upon the disbelievers, which none can avert,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

5 Therefore endure with a goodly patience.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

6 Surely they think it to be far off,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

7 But We see it (quite) near.

Shakir

7 And We see it nigh.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 But We see it (quite) near.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

9 And the mountains will be like wool,

Shakir

9 And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And the mountains will be like flakes of wool.

Yusuf Ali

10 And no friend will ask after a friend,

Shakir

10 And friend shall not ask of friend

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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,

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,

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,

Yusuf Ali

12 His wife and his brother,

Shakir

12 And his wife and his brother

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And his wife and his brother,

Yusuf Ali

13 His kindred who sheltered him,

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And his kindred who sheltered him,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

15 By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

16 Dragging by the head,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Taking away (burning completely) the head skin!

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

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)

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

18 And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

19 Truly man was created very impatient; -

Shakir

19 Surely man is created of a hasty temperament

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

20 Fretful when evil touches him;

Shakir

20 Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 Irritable (discontented) when evil touches him;

Yusuf Ali

21 And niggardly when good reaches him; -

Shakir

21 And niggardly when good befalls him

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 And niggardly when good touches him.

Yusuf Ali

22 Not so those devoted to Prayer; -

Shakir

22 Except those who pray,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

23 Those who remain steadfast to their prayer;

Shakir

23 Those who are constant at their prayer

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

24 And those in whose wealth is a recognised right.

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 And those in whose wealth there is a recognised right

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

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).

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

26 And those who accept the truth of the judgment day

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 And those who believe in the Day of Recompense.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 And those who fear the torment of their Lord.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

29 And those who guard their chastity,

Shakir

29 And those who guard their private parts,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

31 But those who trespass beyond this are transgressors; -

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

32 And those who respect their trusts and covenants;

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 And those who keep their trusts and covenants.

Yusuf Ali

33 And those who stand firm in their testimonies;

Shakir

33 And those who are upright in their testimonies,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 And those who stand firm in their testimonies.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

34 And those who keep a guard on their prayer,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

35 Those shall be in gardens, honored.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

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)].

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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), -

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

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!