The Heights • 44 verses • المعارج
[70:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
[70:1] A questioner may question the inevitable retribution.
سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
[70:2] For the disbelievers, none can stop it.
لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ
[70:3] From GOD; Possessor of the highest Height.
مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ
[70:4] The angels, with their reports, climb to Him in a day that equals fifty thousand years.
تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
[70:5] Therefore, you shall resort to a gracious patience.
فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
[70:6] For they see it far away.
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا
[70:7] While we see it very close.
وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا
[70:8] The day will come when the sky will be like molten rocks.
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ
[70:9] The mountains will be like fluffy wool.
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ
[70:10] No friend will care about his close friend.
وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
[70:11] When they see them, the guilty will wish he could give his own children as ransom, to spare him the retribution of that day.
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ
[70:12] Also his spouse, and his brother.
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
[70:13] Even his whole tribe that raised him.
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ
[70:14] Even all the people on earth, if it would save him.
وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
[70:15] No; it is aflame.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
[70:16] Eager to burn.
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ
[70:17] It calls on those who turned away.
تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
[70:18] Those who hoarded and counted.
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ
[70:19] Indeed, the human being is anxious.
إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
[70:20] If touched by adversity, despondent.
إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
[70:21] If blessed by wealth, stingy.
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
[70:22] Except for the worshipers.
إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
[70:23] Who always observe their contact prayers (Salat).
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ
[70:24] Part of their money is set aside.
وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ
[70:25] For the poor and the needy.
لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
[70:26] They believe in the Day of Judgment.
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
[70:27] They reverence their Lord's requital.
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
[70:28] Their Lord's requital is not taken for granted.
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
[70:29] They keep their chastity.
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ
[70:30] (They have relations) only with their spouses, or what is legally theirs—
إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
[70:31] anyone who transgresses these limits is a sinner—
فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ
[70:32] And the believers keep their word; they are trustworthy.
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ
[70:33] Their testimony is truthful.
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ
[70:34] They consistently observe their contact prayers (Salat), on time.
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
[70:35] They have deserved a position of honor, in Paradise.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ
[70:36] What is keeping those who disbelieved from joining you?
فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
[70:37] To the right, and to the left, they flee.
عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
[70:38] How can any of them expect to enter the blissful Paradise?
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ
[70:39] Never; we created them, and they know from what.
كَلَّآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
[70:40] I solemnly swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests; we are able—
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ
[70:41] to substitute better people in your place; we can never be defeated.
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
[70:42] Therefore, let them blunder and play, until they meet the day that is awaiting them.
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
[70:43] That is the day they come out of the graves in a hurry, as if herded to the (sacrificial) altars.
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ
[70:44] With their eyes subdued, shame will cover them. That is the day that is awaiting them.
خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ