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Al-Ma'arij · The Ascending Stairways

44 ayahs Madani Pages 568–570 Juz 29
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ ﴿١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall

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لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ ﴿٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallUpon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

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مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ ﴿٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFrom Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

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تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ ﴿٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.

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فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا ﴿٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.

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إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا ﴿٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! they behold it afar off

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وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا ﴿٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhile we behold it nigh:

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يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ ﴿٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe day when the sky will become as molten copper,

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وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ﴿٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the hills become as flakes of wool,

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وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا ﴿١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend

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يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ ﴿١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThough 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

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وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ ﴿١٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd his spouse and his brother

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وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ ﴿١٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd his kin that harboured him

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وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ﴿١٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.

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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ ﴿١٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell

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نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ ﴿١٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallEager to roast;

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تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿١٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),

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وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ ﴿١٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.

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۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ﴿١٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! man was created anxious,

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إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا ﴿٢٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFretful when evil befalleth him

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وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا ﴿٢١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd, when good befalleth him, grudging;

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إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ ﴿٢٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSave worshippers.

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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWho are constant at their worship

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وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ ﴿٢٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

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لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ ﴿٢٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor the beggar and the destitute;

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وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٢٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -

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إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ ﴿٢٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure-

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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd those who preserve their chastity

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إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ ﴿٣٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSave with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;

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فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ ﴿٣١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;

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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd those who keep their pledges and their covenant,

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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd those who stand by their testimony

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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd those who are attentive at their worship.

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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThese will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

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فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ ﴿٣٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhat aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open-eyed,

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عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ ﴿٣٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn the right and on the left, in groups?

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أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ ﴿٣٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDoth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight?

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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.

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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the setting-places (of the planets) that We verily are Able

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عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ﴿٤١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTo replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.

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فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,

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يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,

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خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWith eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.

Mishary Rashid AlafasyMurattal · Al-Ma'arij
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).