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الْمَعَارِجُ

70. Surah Al-Ma'arij

The Ascending Stairways

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful

70:1
سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ١

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen1

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70:2
لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ٢

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

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70:3
مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ٣

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

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70:4
تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ٤

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

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70:5
فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا٥

So be patient with gracious patience.

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70:6
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا٦

Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

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70:7
وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا٧

But We see it [as] near.

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70:8
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ٨

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,1

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70:9
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ٩

And the mountains will be like wool,1

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70:10
وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا١٠

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,

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70:11
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ١١

They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children.

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70:12
وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ١٢

And his wife and his brother

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70:13
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ١٣

And his nearest kindred who shelter him.

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70:14
وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ١٤

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

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70:15
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ١٥

No!1 Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],

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70:16
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ١٦

A remover of exteriors.1

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70:17
تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ١٧

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

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70:18
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ١٨

And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

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70:19
۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا١٩

Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

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70:20
إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا٢٠

When evil touches him, impatient,

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70:21
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا٢١

And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

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70:22
إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ٢٢

Except the observers of prayer -

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70:23
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ٢٣

Those who are constant in their prayer

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70:24
وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ٢٤

And those within whose wealth is a known right1

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70:25
لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ٢٥

For the petitioner and the deprived -

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70:26
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ٢٦

And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

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70:27
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ٢٧

And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -

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70:28
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ٢٨

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

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70:29
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ٢٩

And those who guard their private parts

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70:30
إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ٣٠

Except from their wives or those their right hands possess,1 for indeed, they are not to be blamed -

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70:31
فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ٣١

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

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70:32
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ٣٢

And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive.

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70:33
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ٣٣

And those who are in their testimonies upright

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70:34
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ٣٤

And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

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70:35
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ٣٥

They will be in gardens,1 honored.

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70:36
فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ٣٦

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

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70:37
عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ٣٧

[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?1

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70:38
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ٣٨

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

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70:39
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ٣٩

No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.1

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70:40
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ٤٠

So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings1 that indeed We are able

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