Surah Al-Ma'arij (The Ascending Stairways)

Verses

1. سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ

   A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall

   70:1

2. لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ

   Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel

   70:2

3. مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ

   From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

   70:3

4. تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ

   (Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years

   70:4

5. فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا

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

   70:5

6. إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا

   Lo! they behold it afar off

   70:6

7. وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا

   While we behold it nigh

   70:7

8. يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ

   The day when the sky will become as molten copper

   70:8

9. وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ

   And the hills become as flakes of wool

   70:9

10. وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمٗا

    And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend

    70:10

11. يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ

    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

    70:11

12. وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

    And his spouse and his brother

    70:12

13. وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ

    And his kin that harboured him

    70:13

14. وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

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

    70:14

15. كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

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

    70:15

16. نَزَّاعَةٗ لِّلشَّوَىٰ

    Eager to roast

    70:16

17. تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth)

    70:17

18. وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ

    And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it

    70:18

19. ۞إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

    Lo! man was created anxious

    70:19

20. إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعٗا

    Fretful when evil befalleth him

    70:20

21. وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا

    And, when good befalleth him, grudging

    70:21

22. إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ

    Save worshippers

    70:22

23. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ

    Who are constant at their worship

    70:23

24. وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ

    And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

    70:24

25. لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ

    For the beggar and the destitute

    70:25

26. وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    And those who believe in the Day of Judgment

    70:26

27. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ

    And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom

    70:27

28. إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونٖ

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

    70:28

29. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ

    And those who preserve their chastity

    70:29

30. إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ

    Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy

    70:30

31. فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ

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

    70:31

32. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ

    And those who keep their pledges and their covenant

    70:32

33. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُونَ

    And those who stand by their testimony

    70:33

34. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ

    And those who are attentive at their worship

    70:34

35. أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ مُّكۡرَمُونَ

    These will dwell in Gardens, honoured

    70:35

36. فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِينَ

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

    70:36

37. عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

    On the right and on the left, in groups

    70:37

38. أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٖ

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

    70:38

39. كَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ

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

    70:39

40. فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ

    But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the setting-places of the planets that We verily are Able

    70:40

41. عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ

    To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun

    70:41

42. فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ

    So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised

    70:42

43. يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعٗا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٖ يُوفِضُونَ

    The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal

    70:43

44. خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٞۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ

    With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised

    70:44