Al-Ma’arij – (The Ways of Ascent)
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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillah hir rahman nir raheem
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
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سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ
Sa’ala saaa’ilun bi ‘azaabinw waaqi’
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
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لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ
Lil kaafireena laisa lahoo daafi’
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
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مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ
Minal laahi zil ma’aarij
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
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تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ
Ta’rujul malaaa’ikatu war Roohu ilaihi fee yawmin kaana miqdaaruhoo khamseena alfa sanah
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
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فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا
Fasbir sabran jameelaa
So be patient with gracious patience.
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إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا
Inaahum yarawnahoo ba’eedaa
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
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وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا
Wa naraahu qareebaa
But We see it [as] near.
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يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ
Yawma takoonus samaaa’u kalmuhl
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
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وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ
Wa takoonul jibaalu kal’ihn
And the mountains will be like wool,
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وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمٗا
Wa laa yas’alu hameemun hameemaa
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
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يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ
Yubassaroonahum; ya waddul mujrimu law yaftadee min ‘azaabi yawma’izim bibaneeh
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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وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
Wa saahibatihee wa akheeh
And his wife and his brother
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وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ
Wa faseelathil latee tu’weeh
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
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وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
Wa man fil ardi jamee’an summa yunjeeh
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
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كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
Kallaa innahaa lazaa
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
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نَزَّاعَةٗ لِّلشَّوَىٰ
Nazzaa’atal lishshawaa
A remover of exteriors.
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تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Tad’oo man adbara wa tawallaa
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
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وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ
Wa jama’a fa aw’aa
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
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۞إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Innal insaana khuliqa haloo’aa
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
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إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعٗا
Izaa massahush sharru jazoo’aa
When evil touches him, impatient,
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وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا
Wa izaa massahul khairu manoo’aa
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
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إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ
Illal musalleen
Except the observers of prayer –
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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ
Allazeena hum ‘alaa Salaatihim daaa’imoon
Those who are constant in their prayer
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وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ
Wallazeena feee amwaalihim haqqun ma’loom
And those within whose wealth is a known right
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لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ
Lissaaa ‘ili walmahroom
For the petitioner and the deprived –
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وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Wallazeena yusaddiqoona bi yawmid Deen
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ
Wallazeena hum min ‘azaabi Rabbihim mushfiqoon
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord –
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إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونٖ
Inna ‘azaaba Rabbihim ghairu ma’ moon
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe –
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ
Wallazeena hum li furoojihim haafizoon
And those who guard their private parts
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إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ
Illaa ‘alaaa azwaajihim aw maa malakat aymaanuhum fa innahum ghairu maloomeen
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed –
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فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ
Famanib taghaa waraaa’a zaalika fa ulaaa’ika humul ‘aadoon
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors –
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ
Wallazeena hum li amaanaatihim wa ‘ahdihim raa’oon
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُونَ
Wallazeena hum bi shahaadaatihim qaaa’imoon
And those who are in their testimonies upright
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ
Wallazeena hum ‘alaa salaatihim yuhaafizoon
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
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أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ مُّكۡرَمُونَ
Ulaaa’ika fee jannaatim mukramoon
They will be in gardens, honored.
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فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِينَ
Famaa lil lazeena kafaroo qibalaka muhti’een
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],
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عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
‘Anil yameeni wa ‘anish shimaali ‘izeen
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
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أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٖ
Ayatma’u kullum ri’im minhum anyyudkhala jannata Na’eem
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
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كَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ
Kallaaa innaa khalaq nahum mimmaa ya’lamoon
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
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فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ
Falaaa uqsimu bi Rabbil mashaariqi wal maghaaribi innaa laqaadiroon
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able
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عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ
‘Alaaa an nubaddila khairan minhum wa maa nahnu bi masbooqeen
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
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فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
Fazarhum yakhoodoo wa yal’aboo hattaa yulaaqoo yawma humul lazee yoo’adoon
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised –
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يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعٗا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٖ يُوفِضُونَ
Yawma yakhrujoona minal ajdaasi siraa’an ka anna hum ilaa nusubiny yoofidoon
The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening
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خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٞۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ
Khaashi’atan absaaruhum tarhaquhum zillah; zaalikal yawmul lazee kaanoo yoo’adoon
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.