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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.