Al-Ma'arij

سَأَلَ سَاۤئِلُۢ بِعَذَابࣲ وَاقِعࣲ

A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall

لِّلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ لَیۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعࣱ

Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِی ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ

From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَیۡهِ فِی یَوۡمࣲ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِینَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةࣲ

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

فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرࣰا جَمِیلًا

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

إِنَّهُمۡ یَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِیدࣰا

Lo! they behold it afar off

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِیبࣰا

While we behold it nigh

یَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ

The day when the sky will become as molten copper

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ

And the hills become as flakes of wool

وَلَا یَسۡءَلُ حَمِیمٌ حَمِیمࣰا

And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend

یُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ یَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ یَفۡتَدِی مِنۡ عَذَابِ یَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِیهِ

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

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِیهِ

And his spouse and his brother

وَفَصِیلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِی تُءۡوِیهِ

And his kin that harboured him

وَمَن فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِیعࣰا ثُمَّ یُنجِیهِ

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

كَلَّاۤۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

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

نَزَّاعَةࣰ لِّلشَّوَىٰ

Eager to roast

تَدۡعُوا۟ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth)

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰۤ

And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it

۞ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

Lo! man was created anxious

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعࣰا

Fretful when evil befalleth him

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَیۡرُ مَنُوعًا

And, when good befalleth him, grudging

إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّینَ

Save worshippers

ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَاۤئِمُونَ

Who are constant at their worship

وَٱلَّذِینَ فِیۤ أَمۡوَ ٰلِهِمۡ حَقࣱّ مَّعۡلُومࣱ

And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

لِّلسَّاۤئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ

For the beggar and the destitute

وَٱلَّذِینَ یُصَدِّقُونَ بِیَوۡمِ ٱلدِّینِ

And those who believe in the Day of Judgment

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ

And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَیۡرُ مَأۡمُونࣲ

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

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَـٰفِظُونَ

And those who preserve their chastity

إِلَّا عَلَىٰۤ أَزۡوَ ٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَیۡمَـٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَیۡرُ مَلُومِینَ

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

فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَاۤءَ ذَ ٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰۤئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ

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

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَ ٰعُونَ

And those who keep their pledges and their covenant

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَ ٰتِهِمۡ قَاۤئِمُونَ

And those who stand by their testimony

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ یُحَافِظُونَ

And those who are attentive at their worship

أُو۟لَـٰۤئِكَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ مُّكۡرَمُونَ

These will dwell in Gardens, honoured

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِینَ

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

عَنِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِینَ

On the right and on the left, in groups

أَیَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِئࣲ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن یُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِیمࣲ

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

كَلَّاۤۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا یَعۡلَمُونَ

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

فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ

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

عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَیۡرࣰا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِینَ

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

فَذَرۡهُمۡ یَخُوضُوا۟ وَیَلۡعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ یُلَـٰقُوا۟ یَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِی یُوعَدُونَ

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

یَوۡمَ یَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعࣰا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبࣲ یُوفِضُونَ

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

خَـٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَـٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةࣱۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلۡیَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِی كَانُوا۟ یُوعَدُونَ

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