Surah 70 Al-Maarij [The Ways of Ascent]

70 Al Maarij

1 Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
2 Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
3 Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
4 TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin
5 Faisbir sabran jameelan
6 Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
7 Wanarahu qareeban
8 Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
9 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
10 Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
11 Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi
12 Wasahibatihi waakheehi
13 Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi
14 Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi
15 Kalla innaha latha
16 NazzaAAatan lilshshawa
17 TadAAoo man adbara watawalla
18 WajamaAAa faawAAa
19 Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan
20 Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan
21 Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan
22 Illa almusalleena
23 Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona
24 Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun
25 Lilssaili waalmahroomi
26 Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni
27 Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona
28 Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin
29 Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
30 Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena
31 Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona
32 Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona
33 Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona
34 Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona
35 Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona
36 Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena
37 AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena
38 AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin
39 Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona
40 Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona
41 AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
42 Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona
43 Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona
44 KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona



The Ways of Ascent

1 A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall
2 Upon the disbelievers, which none can avert,
3 From Allah, the Lord of the ways of ascent.
4 The angels and the Ruh [Jibril (Gabriel)] ascend to Him in a Day the measure whereof is fifty thousand years.
5 So be patient (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), with a good patience.
6 Verily, they see it (the torment) afar off.
7 But We see it (quite) near.
8 The Day that the sky will be like the boiling filth of oil, (or molten copper or silver or lead).
9 And the mountains will be like flakes of wool.
10 And no friend will ask a friend (about his condition),
11 Though they shall be made to see one another [(i.e. on the Day of Resurrection), there will be none but see his father, children and relatives, but he will neither speak to them nor will ask them for any help]. The Mujrim, (criminal, sinner, disbeliever) would desire to ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by his children,
12 And his wife and his brother,
13 And his kindred who sheltered him,
14 And all that are in the earth, so that it might save him.
15 By no means! Verily, it will be the Fire of Hell,
16 Taking away (burning completely) the head skin!
17 Calling (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from Faith) [picking and swallowing them up from that great gathering of mankind on the Day of Resurrection just as a bird picks up a food-grain from the earth with its beak and swallows it up] (Tafsir Al-Qurtubi)
18 And collect (wealth) and hide it (from spending it in the Cause of Allah).
19 Verily, man (disbeliever) was created very impatient;
20 Irritable (discontented) when evil touches him;
21 And niggardly when good touches him.
22 Except those who are devoted to Salat (prayers).
23 Those who remain constant in their Salat (prayers);
24 And those in whose wealth there is a recognised right
25 For the beggar who asks, and for the unlucky who has lost his property and wealth, (and his means of living has been straitened).
26 And those who believe in the Day of Recompense.
27 And those who fear the torment of their Lord.
28 Verily, the torment of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure. -
29 And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts from illegal sexual acts).
30 Except from their wives or the (women slaves) whom their right hands possess - for (then) they are not blameworthy.
31 But whosoever seeks beyond that, then it is those who are trespassers.
32 And those who keep their trusts and covenants.
33 And those who stand firm in their testimonies.
34 And those who guard their Salat (prayers) well.
35 Such shall dwell in the Gardens (i.e. Paradise), honoured.
36 So what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten to listen from you [O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), in order to belie you and to mock at you, and at Allah's Book (this Qur'an)].
37 (Sitting) in groups on the right and on the left (of you, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)?
38 Does every man of them hope to enter the Paradise of Delight?
39 No, that is not like that! Verily, We have created them out of that which they know!
40 So I swear by the Lord of all the [three hundred and sixty-five (365)] points of sunrise and sunset in the east and the west that surely We are Able
41 To replace them by (others) better than them; and We are not to be outrun.
42 So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they meet their Day which they are promised -
43 The Day when they will come out of the graves quickly as racing to a goal,
44 With their eyes lowered in fear and humility, ignominy covering them (all over)! That is the Day which they were promised!