Al-Ma'arij

Basmala, before verse 1: بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. Verse 1:

   سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ1

   A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen^{note 1748}

   Notes, Verse 1

   [1748] In the Hereafter. Disbelievers had challenged the Prophet (ﷺ) by invoking Allāh to bring on His punishment. See 8:32.

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2. Verse 2:

   لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ2

   To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

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3. Verse 3:

   مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ3

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

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4. Verse 4:

   تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ4

   The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.

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5. Verse 5:

   فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا5

   So be patient with gracious patience.

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6. Verse 6:

   إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا6

   Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

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7. Verse 7:

   وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا7

   But We see it [as] near.

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8. Verse 8:

   يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ8

   On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,^{note 1749}

   Notes, Verse 8

   [1749] Or "molten metal."

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9. Verse 9:

   وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ9

   And the mountains will be like wool,^{note 1750}

   Notes, Verse 9

   [1750] i.e., in the process of disintegration.

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10. Verse 10:

    وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا10

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

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    Verse 11:

    يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ11

    They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

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12. Verse 12:

    وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ12

    And his wife and his brother

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13. Verse 13:

    وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ13

    And his nearest kindred who shelter him

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14. Verse 14:

    وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ14

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

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15. Verse 15:

    كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ15

    No!^{note 1751} Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],

    Notes, Verse 15

    [1751] An emphatic refusal meaning "It is not to be."

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16. Verse 16:

    نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ16

    A remover of exteriors.^{note 1752}

    Notes, Verse 16

    [1752] This refers to the skin of the head or of the body or to the body extremities - which will be burned away.

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17. Verse 17:

    تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ17

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

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18. Verse 18:

    وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ18

    And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

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19. Verse 19:

    ۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا19

    Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

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20. Verse 20:

    إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا20

    When evil touches him, impatient,

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21. Verse 21:

    وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا21

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

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22. Verse 22:

    إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ22

    Except the observers of prayer -

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23. Verse 23:

    ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ23

    Those who are constant in their prayer

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24. Verse 24:

    وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ24

    And those within whose wealth is a known right^{note 1753}

    Notes, Verse 24

    [1753] i.e., a specified share, meaning the obligatory zakāh.

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25. Verse 25:

    لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ25

    For the petitioner and the deprived -

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26. Verse 26:

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ26

    And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

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27. Verse 27:

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ27

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

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28. Verse 28:

    إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ28

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

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29. Verse 29:

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ29

    And those who guard their private parts

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30. Verse 30:

    إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ30

    Except from their wives or those their right hands possess,^{note 1754} for indeed, they are not to be blamed -

    Notes, Verse 30

    [1754] i.e., female slaves.

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31. Verse 31:

    فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ31

    But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -

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32. Verse 32:

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ32

    And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

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33. Verse 33:

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ33

    And those who are in their testimonies upright

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34. Verse 34:

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ34

    And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

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35. Verse 35:

    أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ35

    They will be in gardens,^{note 1755} honored.

    Notes, Verse 35

    [1755] In Paradise.

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36. Verse 36:

    فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ36

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

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37. Verse 37:

    عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ37

    [To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?^{note 1756}

    Notes, Verse 37

    [1756] They sat at a distance in order to oppose and mock the Prophet (ﷺ), claiming that they would enter Paradise before the believers.

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38. Verse 38:

    أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ38

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

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39. Verse 39:

    كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ39

    No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.^{note 1757}

    Notes, Verse 39

    [1757] i.e., a liquid disdained. So how can they expect to enter Paradise except by the will of their Creator?

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    Verse 40:

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ40

    So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings^{note 1758} that indeed We are able

    Notes, Verse 40

    [1758] i.e., Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā), who determines the point at which the sun, moon and stars rise and set according to season and every position of observation.

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41. Verse 41:

    عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ41

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

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42. Verse 42:

    فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ42

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

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43. Verse 43:

    يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ43

    The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.^{note 1759}

    Notes, Verse 43

    [1759] i.e., just as they used to race, whenever an idol was newly appointed, to be the first of its worshippers.

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44. Verse 44:

    خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ44

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

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