Surah Al-Ma'aarij

سورة المعارج

The Ascending Stairways

Surah 70 · 44 Ayahs

What Is Surah Al-Ma'aarij?

Surah Al-Ma'aarij is Surah 70 of the Quran. It contains 44 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

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Ayah 1
سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
Meaning
A demanding person has asked for the punishment that is going to befall
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Ayah 2
لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ
Meaning
the disbelievers; there is no one to avert it,
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Ayah 3
مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ
Meaning
(and it will come) from Allah, the Lord of the stairways,
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Ayah 4
تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
Meaning
to whom ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the length of which is fifty thousand years.
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Ayah 5
فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
Meaning
So, observe patience, a good patience.
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Ayah 6
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا
Meaning
They see it far off,
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Ayah 7
وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا
Meaning
and We see it near.
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Ayah 8
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ
Meaning
(This punishment will befall) on the Day when the sky will be like dregs of oil,
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Ayah 9
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ
Meaning
and the mountains will be like dyed wool,
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Ayah 10
وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
Meaning
and no friend will ask about any friend,
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Ayah 11
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ
Meaning
(though) they will be made to see each other. A guilty person will desire that he may be able to ransom himself from the torment of that day even by his sons,
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Ayah 12
وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
Meaning
and his wife and his brother,
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Ayah 13
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ
Meaning
and his kindred that sheltered him,
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Ayah 14
وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
Meaning
and all those on earth, then he may redeem himself.
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Ayah 15
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
Meaning
By no means! It is the flaming fire
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Ayah 16
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ
Meaning
that will pull out the skin of the scalp.
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Ayah 17
تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Meaning
It will call him who had turned his back and fled away (from the truth)
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Ayah 18
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ
Meaning
and accumulated (wealth) and hoarded (it).
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Ayah 19
۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Meaning
Indeed man is created weak in courage,
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Ayah 20
إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
Meaning
very upset when touched by evil,
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Ayah 21
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
Meaning
and very niggard when visited by good (fortune),
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Ayah 22
إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Meaning
except the performers of Salāh,
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Ayah 23
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ
Meaning
who are regular in their Salāh,
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Ayah 24
وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ
Meaning
and those in whose riches there is a specified right
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Ayah 25
لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
Meaning
for the one who asks and the one who is deprived,
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Ayah 26
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Meaning
and those who believe in the Day of Judgment as true,
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Ayah 27
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
Meaning
and those who are fearful of the torment of their Lord-
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Ayah 28
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
Meaning
-Indeed the torment of their Lord is not something to be fearless from.-
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Ayah 29
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ
Meaning
and those who guard their private parts,
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Ayah 30
إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
Meaning
except from their wives and those (slave-girls) owned by their hands,- because they are not to be blamed,
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Ayah 31
فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ
Meaning
but the one who seeks (sexual gratification) beyond that, then such people are the transgressors,-
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Ayah 32
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ
Meaning
and those who are careful about their trusts and covenants,
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Ayah 33
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ
Meaning
and those who are upright in their testimonies,
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Ayah 34
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
Meaning
and those who take due care of their Salāh .
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Ayah 35
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ
Meaning
Those will be honoured in gardens (of Jannah ).
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Ayah 36
فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
Meaning
So what has happened to those who disbelieve that they are rushing towards you
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Ayah 37
عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
Meaning
from the right and from the left, in groups?
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Ayah 38
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ
Meaning
Does every one of them aspire to be admitted to the garden of bliss?
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Ayah 39
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
Meaning
By no means! We have created them from what they know.
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Ayah 40
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ
Meaning
So, I swear by the Lord of the points of sunrise and those of sunset, We are powerful
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Ayah 41
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
Meaning
to bring those better than them in their place, and We are not to be frustrated.
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Ayah 42
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
Meaning
So, leave them involved in pastime and play until they encounter their Day, which they are promised,
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Ayah 43
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ
Meaning
the Day they will come out of the graves quickly, as if they were rushing toward idols,
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Ayah 44
خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ
Meaning
with their eyes downcast, enveloped by ignominy. That is the Day, which they were being promised.