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Sorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent )

Verses Number 44

سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 1
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
لِّلْكَافِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 2
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 3
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
تَعْرُجُ الْمَلائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 4
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلاSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 5
So be patient with gracious patience.
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًاSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 6
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًاSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 7
But We see it [as] near.
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاء كَالْمُهْلِSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 8
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 9
And the mountains will be like wool,
وَلا يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًاSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 10
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 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
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 12
And his wife and his brother
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِي تُؤْويهِSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 13
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
وَمَن فِي الأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 14
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
كَلاَّ إِنَّهَا لَظَىSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 15
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 16
A remover of exteriors.
تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 17
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 18
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
إِنَّ الإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًاSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 19
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًاSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 20
When evil touches him, impatient,
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًاSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 21
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
إِلاَّ الْمُصَلِّينَSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 22
Except the observers of prayer -
الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى صَلاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 23
Those who are constant in their prayer
وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 24
And those within whose wealth is a known right
لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 25
For the petitioner and the deprived -
وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 26
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
وَالَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 27
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 28
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 29
And those who guard their private parts
إِلاَّ عَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 30
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
فَمَنِ ابْتَغَى وَرَاء ذَلِكَ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 31
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 32
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 33
And those who are in their testimonies upright
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى صَلاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 34
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
أُوْلَئِكَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 35
They will be in gardens, honored.
فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 36
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],
عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 37
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 38
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
كَلاَّ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 39
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
فَلا أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ إِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 40
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able
عَلَى أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 41
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّى يُلاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 42
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَى نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 43
The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَSorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) Verse Number 44
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.