بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Al-Ma'arij 70:6
The Ascending Stairways · Juz 29 · Page 568
إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا ٦
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
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﴿إنَّهم يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا﴾ ﴿ونَراهُ قَرِيبًا﴾ تَعْلِيلٌ لِجُمْلَتَيْ (﴿سالَ سائِلٌ بِعَذابٍ واقِعٍ﴾ [المعارج: ١]) ولِجُمْلَةِ (﴿فاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا﴾ [المعارج: ٥])، أيْ سَألُوا اسْتِهْزاءً؛ لِأنَّهم يَرَوْنَهُ مُحالًا وعَلَيْكَ بِالصَّبْرِ؛ لِأنّا نَعْلَمُ تَحَقُّقَهُ، أيْ وأنْتَ تَثِقُ بِأنَّهُ قَرِيبٌ، أيْ مُحَقَّقُ الوُقُوعِ، وأيْضًا هو تَجْهِيلٌ لَهم إذِ اغْتَرُّوا بِما هم فِيهِ مِنَ الأمْنِ ومُسالَمَةِ العَرَبِ لَهم ومِنَ الحَياةِ النّاعِمَةِ فَرَأوُا العَذابَ المَوْعُودَ بَعِيدًا، إنْ كانَ في الدُّنْيا فَلِأمْنِهِمْ، وإنْ كانَ في الآخِرَةِ فَلِإنْكارِهِمُ البَعْثَ، والمَعْنى: وأنْتَ لا تُشْبِهُ حالَهم وذَلِكَ يُهَوِّنُ الصَّبْرَ عَلَيْكَ فَهو مِن بابِ (﴿ولا تَتَّبِعْ أهْواءَهُمْ﴾ [المائدة: ٤٨])، ﴿ولا تُطِعْ مَن أغْفَلْنا قَلْبَهُ عَنْ ذِكْرِنا واتَّبَعَ هَواهُ﴾ [الكهف: ٢٨] .
و(بَعِيدًا) هُنا كِنايَةٌ عَنْ مَعْنى الإحالَةِ؛ لِأنَّهم لا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِوُقُوعِ العَذابِ المَوْعُودِ بِهِ، ولَكِنَّهم عَبَّرُوا عَنْهُ بِبَعِيدٍ تَشْكِيكًا لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَدْ حَكى اللَّهُ عَنْهم أنَّهم قالُوا ﴿أإذا مِتْنا وكُنّا تُرابًا ذَلِكَ رَجْعٌ بَعِيدٌ﴾ [ق: ٣] .
واسْتُعْمِلَ (قَرِيبًا) كِنايَةً عَنْ تَحَقُّقِ الوُقُوعِ عَلى طَرِيقِ المُشاكَلَةِ التَّقْدِيرِيَّةِ والمُبالَغَةِ في التَّحَقُّقِ. وبَيْنَ (بَعِيدًا) و(قَرِيبًا) مُحَسِّنُ الطِّباقِ.
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69:35
فَلَيۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٞ ٣٥
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
69:36
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِينٖ ٣٦
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
69:37
لَّا يَأۡكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَٰطِـُٔونَ ٣٧
None will eat it except the sinners.
69:38
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٣٨
So I swear by what you see
69:39
وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٣٩
And what you do not see
69:40
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ٤٠
[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the word of a noble Messenger.
69:41
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ ٤١
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
69:42
وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٢
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
69:43
تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٣
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
69:44
وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِيلِ ٤٤
And if he [i.e., Muḥammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
69:45
لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡيَمِينِ ٤٥
We would have seized him by the right hand;1
1 translator’s note
- Another interpretation is "by [Our] right hand," i.e., Allāh would have exacted revenge with might and power. ↩
69:46
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِينَ ٤٦
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.1
1 translator’s note
- Causing immediate death. ↩
69:47
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَٰجِزِينَ ٤٧
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
69:48
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةٞ لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٤٨
And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder for the righteous.
69:49
وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ ٤٩
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
69:50
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٥٠
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
69:51
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ ٥١
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
69:52
فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٥٢
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
سورة المعارج
Al-Ma'arij
The Ascending Stairways · Meccan · 44 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
70:1
سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ ١
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen1
1 translator’s note
- In the Hereafter. Disbelievers had challenged the Prophet (ﷺ) by invoking Allāh to bring on His punishment. See 8:32. ↩
70:2
لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ ٢
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
70:3
مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ ٣
[It is] from Allāh, owner of the ways of ascent.
70:4
تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ ٤
The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
70:5
فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا ٥
So be patient with gracious patience.
70:6
إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا ٦
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
70:7
وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا ٧
But We see it [as] near.
70:8
يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ ٨
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,1
1 translator’s note
- Or "molten metal." ↩
70:9
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٩
And the mountains will be like wool,1
1 translator’s note
- i.e., in the process of disintegration. ↩
70:10
وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمٗا ١٠
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,