Al-Ma'aarij

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1Juz 29 · page 568

   سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ

   (1) A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen[1748]

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2. 2Juz 29 · page 568

   لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ

   (2) To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

3. 3Juz 29 · page 568

   مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ

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

4. 4Juz 29 · page 568

   تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍۢ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ

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

5. 5Juz 29 · page 568

   فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا

   (5) So be patient with gracious patience.

6. 6Juz 29 · page 568

   إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا

   (6) Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

7. 7Juz 29 · page 568

   وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا

   (7) But We see it [as] near.

8. 8Juz 29 · page 568

   يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ

   (8) On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,[1749]

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9. 9Juz 29 · page 568

   وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ

   (9) And the mountains will be like wool,[1750]

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10. 10Juz 29 · page 568

    وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا

    (10) And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,

11. 11Juz 29 · page 569

    يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ

    (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

12. 12Juz 29 · page 569

    وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

    (12) And his wife and his brother

13. 13Juz 29 · page 569

    وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ

    (13) And his nearest kindred who shelter him

14. 14Juz 29 · page 569

    وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

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

15. 15Juz 29 · page 569

    كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

    (15) No![1751] Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],

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16. 16Juz 29 · page 569

    نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ

    (16) A remover of exteriors.[1752]

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17. 17Juz 29 · page 569

    تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

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

18. 18Juz 29 · page 569

    وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ

    (18) And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

19. 19Juz 29 · page 569

    ۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

    (19) Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

20. 20Juz 29 · page 569

    إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭا

    (20) When evil touches him, impatient,

21. 21Juz 29 · page 569

    وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

    (21) And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

22. 22Juz 29 · page 569

    إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

    (22) Except the observers of prayer -

23. 23Juz 29 · page 569

    ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ

    (23) Those who are constant in their prayer

24. 24Juz 29 · page 569

    وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ

    (24) And those within whose wealth is a known right[1753]

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25. 25Juz 29 · page 569

    لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ

    (25) For the petitioner and the deprived -

26. 26Juz 29 · page 569

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    (26) And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

27. 27Juz 29 · page 569

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ

    (27) And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -

28. 28Juz 29 · page 569

    إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍۢ

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

29. 29Juz 29 · page 569

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ

    (29) And those who guard their private parts

30. 30Juz 29 · page 569

    إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

    (30) Except from their wives or those their right hands possess,[1754] for indeed, they are not to be blamed -

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31. 31Juz 29 · page 569

    فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ

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

32. 32Juz 29 · page 569

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ

    (32) And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

33. 33Juz 29 · page 569

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ

    (33) And those who are in their testimonies upright

34. 34Juz 29 · page 569

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

    (34) And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

35. 35Juz 29 · page 569

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ مُّكْرَمُونَ

    (35) They will be in gardens,[1755] honored.

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36. 36Juz 29 · page 569

    فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ

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

37. 37Juz 29 · page 569

    عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

    (37) [To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?[1756]

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38. 38Juz 29 · page 569

    أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍۢ

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

39. 39Juz 29 · page 569

    كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

    (39) No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.[1757]

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40. 40Juz 29 · page 570

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ

    (40) So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings[1758] that indeed We are able

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41. 41Juz 29 · page 570

    عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

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

42. 42Juz 29 · page 570

    فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

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

43. 43Juz 29 · page 570

    يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًۭا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍۢ يُوفِضُونَ

    (43) The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.[1759]

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44. 44Juz 29 · page 570

    خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

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