Surahs
سورة المعارج
The Ascending Stairways · Meccan Revelation · 44 verses · Juz 29
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
Transliteration
Sa ala saaa'ilum bi'azaa binw-waaqi'
Translation
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
لِلْكَافِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ
Transliteration
Lilkaafireen laisa lahoo daafi'
Translation
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
مِنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ
Transliteration
Minal laahi zil ma'aarij
Translation
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
Transliteration
Ta'rujul malaaa'ikatu war Roohu ilaihi fee yawmin kaana miqdaaruhoo khamseena alfa sanah
Translation
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
Transliteration
Fasbir ssabran jameelaa
Translation
So be patient with gracious patience.
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا
Transliteration
Inaahum yarawnahoo ba'eedaa
Translation
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا
Transliteration
Wa naraahu qareebaa
Translation
But We see it [as] near.
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاءُ كَالْمُهْلِ
Transliteration
Yawma takoonus samaaa'u kalmuhl
Translation
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ
Transliteration
Wa takoonul jibaalu kal'ihn
Translation
And the mountains will be like wool,
وَلَا يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
Transliteration
Wa laa yas'alu hameemun hameemaa
Translation
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ
Transliteration
Yubassaroonahum; ya waddul mujrimu law yaftadee min 'azaabi yawma'izim bibaneeh
Translation
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ
Transliteration
Wa saahibatihee wa akheeh
Translation
And his wife and his brother
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِي تُؤْوِيهِ
Transliteration
Wa faseelathil latee tu'weeh
Translation
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
وَمَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنْجِيهِ
Transliteration
Wa man fil ardi jamee'an summa yunjeeh
Translation
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
Transliteration
Kallaa innahaa lazaa
Translation
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
نَزَّاعَةً لِلشَّوَىٰ
Transliteration
Nazzaa'atal lishshawaa
Translation
A remover of exteriors.
تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Transliteration
Tad'oo man adbara wa tawallaa
Translation
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰ
Transliteration
W jama'a fa aw'aa
Translation
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
۞ إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Transliteration
Innal insaana khuliqa haloo'aa
Translation
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
Transliteration
Izaa massahush sharru jazoo'aa
Translation
When evil touches him, impatient,
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
Transliteration
Wa izaa massahul khairu manoo'aa
Translation
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ
Transliteration
Illal musalleen
Translation
Except the observers of prayer -
الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ
Transliteration
Allazeena hum 'alaa Salaatihim daaa'imoon
Translation
Those who are constant in their prayer
وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَعْلُومٌ
Transliteration
Wallazeena feee amwaalihim haqqum ma'loom
Translation
And those within whose wealth is a known right
لِلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ
Transliteration
Lissaaa 'ili walmahroom
Translation
For the petitioner and the deprived -
وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Transliteration
Wallazeena yusaddiqoona bi yawmid Deen
Translation
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِمْ مُشْفِقُونَ
Transliteration
Wallazeena hum min 'azaabi Rabbihim mushfiqoon
Translation
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
Transliteration
Inna 'azaaba Rabbihim ghairu maamoon
Translation
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ
Transliteration
Wallazeena hum lifuroo jihim haafizoon
Translation
And those who guard their private parts
إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
Transliteration
Illaa 'alaaa azwaajihim aw maa malakat aymaanuhum fainnahum ghairu maloomeen
Translation
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ
Transliteration
Famanib taghaa waraaa'a zaalika fa ulaaa'ika humul 'aadoon
Translation
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ
Transliteration
Wallazeena hum li amaa naatihim wa 'ahdihim raa'oon
Translation
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَ
Transliteration
Wallazeena hum bishahaadaatihim qaaa'imoon
Translation
And those who are in their testimonies upright
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
Transliteration
Wallazeena hum 'alaa salaatihim yuhaafizoon
Translation
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
أُولَٰئِكَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ مُكْرَمُونَ
Transliteration
Ulaaa'ika fee jannaatim mukramoon
Translation
They will be in gardens, honored.
فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
Transliteration
Famaa lil lazeena kafaroo qibalaka muhti'een
Translation
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],
عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
Transliteration
'Anil yameeni wa 'anish shimaali 'izeen
Translation
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ
Transliteration
Ayatma'u kullum ri'im minhum anyyudkhala jannata Na'eem
Translation
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُمْ مِمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
Transliteration
Kallaaa innaa khalaq nahum mimmaa ya'lamoon
Translation
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ إِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَ
Transliteration
Falaaa uqsimu bi Rabbil mashaariqi wal maghaaribi innaa laqaadiroon
Translation
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able
عَلَىٰ أَنْ نُبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
Transliteration
'Alaaa an nubaddila khairam minhum wa maa Nahnu bimasbooqeen
Translation
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
Transliteration
Fazarhum yakhoodoo wa yal'aboo hattaa yulaaqoo yaw mahumul lazee yoo'adoon
Translation
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ
Transliteration
Yawma yakhrujoona minal ajdaasi siraa'an ka anna hum ilaa nusubiny yoofidoon
Translation
The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ
Transliteration
Khaashi'atan absaaruhum tarhaquhum zillah; zaalikal yawmul lazee kaanoo yoo'adoon
Translation
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.