المعارج

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ

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   A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

2. لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ

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   To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer

3. مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ

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

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

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

5. فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا

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   So be patient with gracious patience

6. إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا

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   Indeed, they see it [as] distant

7. وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا

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   But We see it [as] near

8. يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ

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   On the Day the sky will be like murky oil

9. وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ

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   And the mountains will be like wool

10. وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمٗا

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    And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend

11. يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ

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    They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

12. وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

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    And his wife and his brother

13. وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ

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    And his nearest kindred who shelter him

14. وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

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

15. كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

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

16. نَزَّاعَةٗ لِّلشَّوَىٰ

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    A remover of exteriors

17. تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

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

18. وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ

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    And collected [wealth] and hoarded

19. ۞إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

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    Indeed, mankind was created anxious

20. إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعٗا

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    When evil touches him, impatient

21. وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا

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    And when good touches him, withholding [of it]

22. إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ

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    Except the observers of prayer

23. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ

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    Those who are constant in their prayer

24. وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ

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    And those within whose wealth is a known right

25. لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ

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    For the petitioner and the deprived

26. وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ

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    And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

27. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ

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    And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord

28. إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونٖ

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

29. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ

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    And those who guard their private parts

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

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

31. فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ

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    But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors

32. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ

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    And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

33. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُونَ

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    And those who are in their testimonies upright

34. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ

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    And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer

35. أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ مُّكۡرَمُونَ

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    They will be in gardens, honored

36. فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِينَ

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

37. عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

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

38. أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٖ

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

39. كَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ

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

40. فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ

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

41. عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ

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

42. فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ

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

43. يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعٗا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٖ يُوفِضُونَ

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

44. خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٞۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ

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