Surah 70 of 114 · Makki
سُورَةُ المَعَارِجِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ
سَأَلَsa-alaAskedسَآئِلٌۢsāiluna questionerبِعَذَابٍۢbiʿadhābinabout a punishmentوَاقِعٍۢwāqiʿinbound to happen
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
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لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ
لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnaTo the disbelieversلَيْسَlaysanotلَهُۥlahuof itدَافِعٌۭdāfiʿunany preventer
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer
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مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ
مِّنَminaFromٱللَّهِl-lahiAllahذِىdhīOwnerٱلْمَعَارِجِl-maʿāriji(of) the ways of ascent
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent
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تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍۢ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ
تَعْرُجُtaʿrujuAscendٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angelsوَٱلرُّوحُwal-rūḥuand the Spiritإِلَيْهِilayhito Himفِىfīinيَوْمٍۢyawmina Dayكَانَkāna[is]مِقْدَارُهُۥmiq'dāruhuits measureخَمْسِينَkhamsīna(is) fiftyأَلْفَalfathousandسَنَةٍۢsanatinyear(s)
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years
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فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا
فَٱصْبِرْfa-iṣ'birSo be patientصَبْرًۭاṣabrana patienceجَمِيلًاjamīlangood
So be patient with gracious patience
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إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا
إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, theyيَرَوْنَهُۥyarawnahusee itبَعِيدًۭاbaʿīdan(as) far off
Indeed, they see it [as] distant
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وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا
وَنَرَىٰهُwanarāhuBut We see itقَرِيبًۭاqarībannear
But We see it [as] near
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يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ
يَوْمَyawma(The) Day تَكُونُtakūnuwill beٱلسَّمَآءُl-samāuthe skyكَٱلْمُهْلِkal-muh'lilike molten copper
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil
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وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ
وَتَكُونُwatakūnuAnd will beٱلْجِبَالُl-jibāluthe mountainsكَٱلْعِهْنِkal-ʿih'nilike wool
And the mountains will be like wool
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وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا
وَلَاwalāAnd notيَسْـَٔلُyasaluwill askحَمِيمٌḥamīmuna friendحَمِيمًۭاḥamīman(about) a friend
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend
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يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚyubaṣṣarūnahumThey will be made to see each otherيَوَدُّyawadduWould wishٱلْمُجْرِمُl-muj'rimuthe criminalلَوْlawifيَفْتَدِىyaftadīhe (could be) ransomedمِنْminfromعَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishmentيَوْمِئِذٍۭyawmi-idhin(of) that Dayبِبَنِيهِbibanīhiby his children
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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وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦwaṣāḥibatihiAnd his spouseوَأَخِيهِwa-akhīhiand his brother
And his wife and his brother
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وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ
وَفَصِيلَتِهِwafaṣīlatihiAnd his nearest kindredٱلَّتِىallatīwhoتُـْٔوِيهِtu'wīhisheltered him
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
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وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverفِىfī(is) onٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthجَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanallثُمَّthummathenيُنجِيهِyunjīhiit (could) save him
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him
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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
كَلَّآ ۖkallāBy no meansإِنَّهَاinnahāIndeed, it (is)لَظَىٰlaẓāsurely a Flame of Hell
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell]
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نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ
نَزَّاعَةًۭnazzāʿatanA removerلِّلشَّوَىٰlilshawāof the skin of the head
A remover of exteriors
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تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
تَدْعُوا۟tadʿūInvitingمَنْman(him) whoأَدْبَرَadbaraturned his backوَتَوَلَّىٰwatawallāand went away
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
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وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ
وَجَمَعَwajamaʿaAnd collectedفَأَوْعَىٰٓfa-awʿāand hoarded
And collected [wealth] and hoarded
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۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
۞ إِنَّinnaIndeedٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānathe manخُلِقَkhuliqawas createdهَلُوعًاhalūʿananxious
Indeed, mankind was created anxious
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إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭا
إِذَاidhāWhenمَسَّهُmassahutouches himٱلشَّرُّl-sharuthe evilجَزُوعًۭاjazūʿandistressed
When evil touches him, impatient
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وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenمَسَّهُmassahutouches himٱلْخَيْرُl-khayruthe goodمَنُوعًاmanūʿanwithholding
And when good touches him, withholding [of it]
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إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
إِلَّاillāExceptٱلْمُصَلِّينَl-muṣalīnathose who pray
Except the observers of prayer
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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoهُمْhum[they]عَلَىٰʿalāatصَلَاتِهِمْṣalātihimtheir prayerدَآئِمُونَdāimūna(are) constant
Those who are constant in their prayer
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وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoفِىٓfīinأَمْوَٰلِهِمْamwālihimtheir wealthحَقٌّۭḥaqqun(is) a rightمَّعْلُومٌۭmaʿlūmunknown
And those within whose wealth is a known right
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لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
لِّلسَّآئِلِlilssāiliFor the one who asksوَٱلْمَحْرُومِwal-maḥrūmiand the deprived
For the petitioner and the deprived
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وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoيُصَدِّقُونَyuṣaddiqūnaaccept (the) truthبِيَوْمِbiyawmi(of the) Dayٱلدِّينِl-dīni(of) the Judgment
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoهُمhum[they]مِّنْminofعَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishmentرَبِّهِمrabbihim(of) their Lordمُّشْفِقُونَmush'fiqūna(are) fearful
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord
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إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍۢ
إِنَّinnaIndeedعَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishmentرَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) your Lordغَيْرُghayru(is) notمَأْمُونٍۢmamūninto be felt secure (of)
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoهُمْhum[they]لِفُرُوجِهِمْlifurūjihimtheir modestyحَـٰفِظُونَḥāfiẓūna(are) guardians
And those who guard their private parts
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إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
إِلَّاillāExceptعَلَىٰٓʿalāfromأَزْوَٰجِهِمْazwājihimtheir spousesأَوْaworمَاmāwhatمَلَكَتْmalakatthey possessأَيْمَـٰنُهُمْaymānuhumrightfullyفَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahumthen indeed, theyغَيْرُghayru(are) notمَلُومِينَmalūmīnablameworthy
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed
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فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ
فَمَنِfamaniBut whoeverٱبْتَغَىٰib'taghāseeksوَرَآءَwarāabeyondذَٰلِكَdhālikathatفَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen thoseهُمُhumu[they]ٱلْعَادُونَl-ʿādūna(are) the transgressors
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoهُمْhum[they]لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْli-amānātihimof their trustsوَعَهْدِهِمْwaʿahdihimand their promiseرَٰعُونَrāʿūna(are) observers
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoهُمhum[they]بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْbishahādātihimin their testimoniesقَآئِمُونَqāimūnastand firm
And those who are in their testimonies upright
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoهُمْhum[they]عَلَىٰʿalāonصَلَاتِهِمْṣalātihimtheir prayerيُحَافِظُونَyuḥāfiẓūnakeep a guard
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍۢ مُّكْرَمُونَ
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThoseفِىfī(will be) inجَنَّـٰتٍۢjannātinGardensمُّكْرَمُونَmuk'ramūnahonored
They will be in gardens, honored
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فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
فَمَالِfamāliSo what is withٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieveقِبَلَكَqibalakabefore youمُهْطِعِينَmuh'ṭiʿīna(they) hasten
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad]
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عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
عَنِʿaniOnٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīnithe rightوَعَنِwaʿaniand onٱلشِّمَالِl-shimālithe leftعِزِينَʿizīna(in) separate groups
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups
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أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍۢ
أَيَطْمَعُayaṭmaʿuDoes longكُلُّkullueveryٱمْرِئٍۢim'ri-inpersonمِّنْهُمْmin'humamong themأَنanthatيُدْخَلَyud'khalahe entersجَنَّةَjannataa Gardenنَعِيمٍۢnaʿīmin(of) Delight
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure
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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
كَلَّآ ۖkallāBy no meansإِنَّاinnāIndeed, Weخَلَقْنَـٰهُمkhalaqnāhum[We] have created themمِّمَّاmimmāfrom whatيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey know
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know
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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ
فَلَآfalāBut nayأُقْسِمُuq'simuI swearبِرَبِّbirabbiby (the) Lordٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِl-mashāriqi(of) the risingsوَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِwal-maghāribiand the settingsإِنَّاinnāthat Weلَقَـٰدِرُونَlaqādirūna(are) surely Able
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able
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عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
عَلَىٰٓʿalā[On]أَنantoنُّبَدِّلَnubaddila[We] replaceخَيْرًۭاkhayran(with) betterمِّنْهُمْmin'humthan themوَمَاwamāand notنَحْنُnaḥnuWeبِمَسْبُوقِينَbimasbūqīna(are) to be outrun
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone
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فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
فَذَرْهُمْfadharhumSo leave themيَخُوضُوا۟yakhūḍū(to) converse vainlyوَيَلْعَبُوا۟wayalʿabūand amuse themselvesحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيُلَـٰقُوا۟yulāqūthey meetيَوْمَهُمُyawmahumutheir Dayٱلَّذِىalladhīwhichيُوعَدُونَyūʿadūnathey are promised
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised
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يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًۭا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍۢ يُوفِضُونَ
يَوْمَyawma(The) Dayيَخْرُجُونَyakhrujūnathey will come outمِنَminafromٱلْأَجْدَاثِl-ajdāthithe gravesسِرَاعًۭاsirāʿanrapidlyكَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumas if they (were)إِلَىٰilātoنُصُبٍۢnuṣubina goalيُوفِضُونَyūfiḍūnahastening
The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening
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خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ
خَـٰشِعَةًkhāshiʿatanHumbledأَبْصَـٰرُهُمْabṣāruhumtheir eyesightsتَرْهَقُهُمْtarhaquhumwill cover themذِلَّةٌۭ ۚdhillatunhumiliationذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatٱلْيَوْمُl-yawmu(is) the Dayٱلَّذِىalladhīwhichكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereيُوعَدُونَyūʿadūnapromised
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised
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