70) Sūrat Al-Ma`ārij | Printed format | 70) سُورَة المَعَارِج |
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| THIS CHAPTER containing 44 early to middle Meccan verses was revealed after the previous one called Reality 69 and before The Announcement 78. The Arabic word al-Maarij, meaning staircases or ladders, is the plural of Miraj, which appears as the title of Chapter 17, where it is translated as The Night Journey that was made on one of them. The chapter deals mainly with what one can expect to find in the Hereafter. Morals and proper conduct are also discussed. The rhymes in the Arabic add to the effect of the theme, although they areunfortunately lost through translation. In the name of God, the Mercy-giving, the Merciful! (i) | ||
| Sa'ala Sā'ilun Bi`adhābin Wāqi`in | 070-001* A skeptic was asking about torment that is bound to happen | سَأَلَ سَائِل ٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِع ٍ |
| Lilkāfiryna Laysa Lahu Dāfi`un | 070-002* to disbelievers; there will be no defence against it | لِلْكَافِرينَ لَيْسَ لَه ُ دَافِع ٌ |
| Mina Al-Lahi Dhī Al-Ma`āriji | 070-003* [since it comes] from God Who owns the staircases leading upward. | مِنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ |
| Ta`ruju Al-Malā'ikatu Wa Ar-Rūĥu 'Ilayhi Fī Yawmin Kāna Miqdāruhu Khamsīna 'Alfa Sanahin | 070-004* The angels and the Spirit will climb up to Him on a day whose range is fifty thousand years | تَعْرُجُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْم ٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُه ُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَة ٍ |
| Fāşbir Şabrāan Jamīlāan | 070-005* So act patient with a handsome patience! | فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرا ً جَمِيلا ً |
| 'Innahum Yarawnahu Ba`īdāan | 070-006* They consider it is far away | إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَه ُ بَعِيدا ً |
| Wa Narāhu Qarībāan | 070-007* while We see it as nearby | وَنَرَاه ُ قَرِيبا ً |
| Yawma Takūnu As-Samā'u Kālmuhli | 070-008* on a day when the sky will be like molten brass | يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاءُ كَالْمُهْلِ |
| Wa Takūnu Al-Jibālu Kāl`ihni | 070-009* and the mountains like tufts of yarn. | وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ |
| Wa Lā Yas'alu Ĥamīmun Ĥamīmāan | 070-010* No close friend will question any [other] friend; | وَلاَ يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيما ً |
| Yubaşşarūnahum ۚ Yawaddu Al-Mujrimu Law Yaftadī Min `Adhābi Yawmi'idhin Bibanīhi | 070-011* they will merely give each other a knowing look. A criminal might like to ransom himself from that day's torment through his children, | يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ |
| Wa Şāĥibatihi Wa 'Akhīhi | 070-012* his wife, a brother of his, | وَصَاحِبَتِه ِِ وَأَخِيهِ |
| Wa Faşīlatihi Allatī Tu'uwyhi | 070-013* his family circle which has sheltered him, | وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِي تُؤْويهِ |
| Wa Man Fī Al-'Arđi Jamī`āan Thumma Yunjīhi | 070-014* and everyone who is on earth if [such action] might then save him. | وَمَنْ فِي الأَرْضِ جَمِيعا ً ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ |
| Kallā ۖ 'Innahā Lažá | 070-015* Of course not; it would flare up | كَلاَّ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَى |
| Nazzā`atan Lilshshawá | 070-016* tugging at his scalp, | نَزَّاعَة ً لِلشَّوَى |
| Tad`ū Man 'Adbara Wa Tawallá | 070-017* claiming anyone who tries to escape and turns away, | تَدْعُوا مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّى |
| Wa Jama`a Fa'aw`á | 070-018* through saving (things) up and hoarding (them). Man's Character | وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَى |
| 'Inna Al-'Insāna Khuliqa Halū`āan | 070-019* Man has been created restless, | إِنَّ الإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعا ً |
| 'Idhā Massahu Ash-Sharru Jazū`āan | 070-020* so he panics whenever any evil touches him, | إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعا ً |
| Wa 'Idhā Massahu Al-Khayru Manū`āan | 070-021* and withdraws when some good touches him; | وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعا ً |
| 'Illā Al-Muşallīna | 070-022* except for the prayerful | إِلاَّ الْمُصَلِّينَ |
| Al-Ladhīna Hum `Alá Şalātihim Dā'imūna | 070-023* who are constant at their prayers | الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى صَلاَتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ |
| Wa Al-Ladhīna Fī 'Amwālihim Ĥaqqun Ma`lūmun | 070-024* and whose wealth comprises an acknowledged responsibility | وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَعْلُوم ٌ |
| Lilssā'ili Wa Al-Maĥrūmi | 070-025* towards the beggar and the destitute; Moral's; Conduct | لِلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ |
| Wa Al-Ladhīna Yuşaddiqūna Biyawmi Ad-Dīni | 070-026* and the ones who accept the Day for Repayment, | وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ |
| Wa Al-Ladhīna Hum Min `Adhābi Rabbihim Mushfiqūna | 070-027* and those who are apprehensive about their Lord's torment- | وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِمْ مُشْفِقُونَ |
| 'Inna `Adhāba Rabbihim Ghayru Ma'mūnin | 070-028* (their Lord's torment is nothing to feel too safe from!)- | إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُون ٍ |
| Wa Al-Ladhīna Hum Lifurūjihim Ĥāfižūna | 070-029* and the ones who preserve their chastity, | وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ |
| 'Illā `Alá 'Azwājihim 'Aw Mā Malakat 'Aymānuhum Fa'innahum Ghayru Malūmīna | 070-030* except with their own spouses or those living under their control; with such they are blameless. | إِلاَّ عَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ |
| Famani Abtaghá Warā'a Dhālika Fa'ūlā'ika Humu Al-`Ādūna | 070-031* Those who desire [to go] beyond that, will be going too far___ | فَمَنِ ابْتَغَى وَرَاءَ ذَلِكَ فَأُوْلَائِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ |
| Wa Al-Ladhīna Hum Li'mānātihim Wa `Ahdihim Rā`ūna | 070-032* and the ones who preserve their trusts and oaths, | وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ |
| Wa Al-Ladhīna Hum Bishahādātihim Qā'imūna | 070-033* and the ones who stand by their testimony, | وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَ |
| Wa Al-Ladhīna Hum `Alá Şalātihim Yuĥāfižūna | 070-034* and the ones who attend to their prayer- | وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى صَلاَتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ |
| 'Ūlā'ika Fī Jannātin Mukramūna | 070-035* those will be honored in gardens. The Fate of Disbelievers (ii) | أُوْلَائِكَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ مُكْرَمُونَ |
| Famāli Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Qibalaka Muhţi`īna | 070-036* Yet what is wrong with those who disbelieve, that they should try to dash on ahead of you | فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ |
| `Ani Al-Yamīni Wa `Ani Ash-Shimāli `Izīna | 070-037* in batches to the right and on the left? | عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ |
| 'Ayaţma`u Kullu Amri'in Minhum 'An Yudkhala Jannata Na`īmin | 070-038* Does every man among them aspire to enter the Garden of Bliss? | أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيم ٍ |
| Kallā ۖ 'Innā Khalaqnāhum Mimmā Ya`lamūna | 070-039* Of course not! We created them out of something they well know. | كَلاَّ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُمْ مِمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ |
| Falā 'Uqsimu Birabbi Al-Mashāriqi Wa Al-Maghāribi 'Innā Laqādirūna | 070-040* And I do swear by the Lord of the Eastern places and the Western places that We are Able | فَلاَ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ إِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَ |
| `Alá 'An Nubaddila Khayrāan Minhum Wa Mā Naĥnu Bimasbūqīna | 070-041* to replace them with someone better than they are. We shall never be overruled! | عَلَى أَنْ نُبَدِّلَ خَيْرا ً مِنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ |
| Fadharhum Yakhūđū Wa Yal`abū Ĥattá Yulāqū Yawmahumu Al-Ladhī Yū`adūna | 070-042* Leave them speculating and playing around until they face their day which they have been promised, | فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّى يُلاَقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ |
| Yawma Yakhrujūna Mina Al-'Ajdāthi Sirā`āan Ka'annahum 'Ilá Nuşubin Yūfiđūna | 070-043* the day when they will hasten forth from their graves as if they were rushing towards some objective, | يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعا ً كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَى نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ |
| Khāshi`atan 'Abşāruhum Tarhaquhum Dhillatun ۚ Dhālika Al-Yawmu Al-Ladhī Kānū Yū`adūna | 070-044* their eyesight cast down, disgrace overshadowing them on that day which they have been threatened with! | خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ |