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Surah 70 · Makki · 44 ayat

المعارج

Al-Ma'arij

The Ascending Stairways

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ ﴿١﴾

    70:1A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

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  2. لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ ﴿٢﴾

    70:2To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer

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  3. مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ ﴿٣﴾

    70:3[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent

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  4. تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ ﴿٤﴾

    70:4The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years

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  5. فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا ﴿٥﴾

    70:5So be patient with gracious patience

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  6. إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا ﴿٦﴾

    70:6Indeed, they see it [as] distant

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  7. وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا ﴿٧﴾

    70:7But We see it [as] near

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  8. يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ ﴿٨﴾

    70:8On the Day the sky will be like murky oil

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  9. وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ﴿٩﴾

    70:9And the mountains will be like wool

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  10. وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمٗا ﴿١٠﴾

    70:10And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend

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  11. يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ ﴿١١﴾

    70:11They 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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  12. وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ ﴿١٢﴾

    70:12And his wife and his brother

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  13. وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ ﴿١٣﴾

    70:13And his nearest kindred who shelter him

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  14. وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ﴿١٤﴾

    70:14And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him

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  15. كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ ﴿١٥﴾

    70:15No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell]

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  16. نَزَّاعَةٗ لِّلشَّوَىٰ ﴿١٦﴾

    70:16A remover of exteriors

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  17. تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿١٧﴾

    70:17It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

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  18. وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ ﴿١٨﴾

    70:18And collected [wealth] and hoarded

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  19. ۞إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ﴿١٩﴾

    70:19Indeed, mankind was created anxious

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  20. إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعٗا ﴿٢٠﴾

    70:20When evil touches him, impatient

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  21. وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا ﴿٢١﴾

    70:21And when good touches him, withholding [of it]

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  22. إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ ﴿٢٢﴾

    70:22Except the observers of prayer

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  23. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

    70:23Those who are constant in their prayer

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  24. وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ ﴿٢٤﴾

    70:24And those within whose wealth is a known right

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  25. لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ﴿٢٥﴾

    70:25For the petitioner and the deprived

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  26. وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٢٦﴾

    70:26And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

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  27. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾

    70:27And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord

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  28. إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونٖ ﴿٢٨﴾

    70:28Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe

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  29. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

    70:29And those who guard their private parts

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  30. إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ ﴿٣٠﴾

    70:30Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed

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  31. فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ ﴿٣١﴾

    70:31But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors

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  32. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

    70:32And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

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  33. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

    70:33And those who are in their testimonies upright

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  34. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

    70:34And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer

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  35. أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ مُّكۡرَمُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

    70:35They will be in gardens, honored

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  36. فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِينَ ﴿٣٦﴾

    70:36So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad]

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  37. عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ ﴿٣٧﴾

    70:37[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups

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  38. أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٖ ﴿٣٨﴾

    70:38Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure

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  39. كَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

    70:39No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know

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  40. فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾

    70:40So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

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  41. عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ ﴿٤١﴾

    70:41To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone

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  42. فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

    70:42So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised

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  43. يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعٗا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٖ يُوفِضُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

    70:43The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening

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  44. خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٞۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾

    70:44Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised

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Translation: Sahih International. Translations distributed by Tanzil.net. Used verbatim.

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