Surah Al-Ma’aarij
سُورَةُ المَعَارِجِSurah Al-Ma'arij describes the Day of Judgment when angels ascend to Allah. It outlines human nature and the qualities that lead to success.
سَاَلَ سَآىِٕلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَّاقِعٍ ۟ۙ
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
لِّلْكٰفِرِیْنَ لَیْسَ لَهٗ دَافِعٌ ۟ۙ
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
مِّنَ اللّٰهِ ذِی الْمَعَارِجِ ۟ؕ
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
تَعْرُجُ الْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةُ وَالرُّوْحُ اِلَیْهِ فِیْ یَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهٗ خَمْسِیْنَ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍ ۟ۚ
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِیْلًا ۟
So be patient with gracious patience.
اِنَّهُمْ یَرَوْنَهٗ بَعِیْدًا ۟ۙ
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
وَّنَرٰىهُ قَرِیْبًا ۟ؕ
But We see it [as] near.
یَوْمَ تَكُوْنُ السَّمَآءُ كَالْمُهْلِ ۟ۙ
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
وَتَكُوْنُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ ۟ۙ
And the mountains will be like wool,
وَلَا یَسْـَٔلُ حَمِیْمٌ حَمِیْمًا ۟ۚۖ
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
یُّبَصَّرُوْنَهُمْ ؕ یَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ یَفْتَدِیْ مِنْ عَذَابِ یَوْمِىِٕذٍ بِبَنِیْهِ ۟ۙ
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children
وَصَاحِبَتِهٖ وَاَخِیْهِ ۟ۙ
And his wife and his brother
وَفَصِیْلَتِهِ الَّتِیْ تُـْٔوِیْهِ ۟ۙ
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
وَمَنْ فِی الْاَرْضِ جَمِیْعًا ۙ ثُمَّ یُنْجِیْهِ ۟ۙ
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
كَلَّا ؕ اِنَّهَا لَظٰی ۟ۙ
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوٰی ۟ۚۖ
A remover of exteriors.
تَدْعُوْا مَنْ اَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلّٰی ۟ۙ
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
وَجَمَعَ فَاَوْعٰی ۟
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوْعًا ۟ۙ
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
اِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوْعًا ۟ۙ
When evil touches him, impatient,
وَّاِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَیْرُ مَنُوْعًا ۟ۙ
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
اِلَّا الْمُصَلِّیْنَ ۟ۙ
Except the observers of prayer -
الَّذِیْنَ هُمْ عَلٰی صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآىِٕمُوْنَ ۟
Those who are constant in their prayer
وَالَّذِیْنَ فِیْۤ اَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُوْمٌ ۟
And those within whose wealth is a known right
لِّلسَّآىِٕلِ وَالْمَحْرُوْمِ ۟
For the petitioner and the deprived -
وَالَّذِیْنَ یُصَدِّقُوْنَ بِیَوْمِ الدِّیْنِ ۟
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
وَالَّذِیْنَ هُمْ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِمْ مُّشْفِقُوْنَ ۟ۚ
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
اِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَیْرُ مَاْمُوْنٍ ۟
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
وَالَّذِیْنَ هُمْ لِفُرُوْجِهِمْ حٰفِظُوْنَ ۟ۙ
And those who guard their private parts
اِلَّا عَلٰۤی اَزْوَاجِهِمْ اَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ اَیْمَانُهُمْ فَاِنَّهُمْ غَیْرُ مَلُوْمِیْنَ ۟ۚ
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
فَمَنِ ابْتَغٰی وَرَآءَ ذٰلِكَ فَاُولٰٓىِٕكَ هُمُ الْعٰدُوْنَ ۟ۚ
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
وَالَّذِیْنَ هُمْ لِاَمٰنٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رٰعُوْنَ ۟
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
وَالَّذِیْنَ هُمْ بِشَهٰدٰتِهِمْ قَآىِٕمُوْنَ ۟
And those who are in their testimonies upright
وَالَّذِیْنَ هُمْ عَلٰی صَلَاتِهِمْ یُحَافِظُوْنَ ۟ؕ
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
اُولٰٓىِٕكَ فِیْ جَنّٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُوْنَ ۟ؕ۠
They will be in gardens, honored.
فَمَالِ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِیْنَ ۟ۙ
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],
عَنِ الْیَمِیْنِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِیْنَ ۟
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
اَیَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ اَنْ یُّدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِیْمٍ ۟ۙ
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
كَلَّا ؕ اِنَّا خَلَقْنٰهُمْ مِّمَّا یَعْلَمُوْنَ ۟
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
فَلَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشٰرِقِ وَالْمَغٰرِبِ اِنَّا لَقٰدِرُوْنَ ۟ۙ
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able
عَلٰۤی اَنْ نُّبَدِّلَ خَیْرًا مِّنْهُمْ ۙ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوْقِیْنَ ۟
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
فَذَرْهُمْ یَخُوْضُوْا وَیَلْعَبُوْا حَتّٰی یُلٰقُوْا یَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِیْ یُوْعَدُوْنَ ۟ۙ
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -
یَوْمَ یَخْرُجُوْنَ مِنَ الْاَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَاَنَّهُمْ اِلٰی نُصُبٍ یُّوْفِضُوْنَ ۟ۙ
The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.
خَاشِعَةً اَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ؕ ذٰلِكَ الْیَوْمُ الَّذِیْ كَانُوْا یُوْعَدُوْنَ ۟۠
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.