Al-Ma'arij

70:1–4Page 568

سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ ١

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen¹

لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ ٢

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ ٣

[It is] from Allāh, owner of the ways of ascent.

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.

70:5Page 568

فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا ٥

So be patient with gracious patience.

70:6–7Page 568

إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا ٦

Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا ٧

But We see it [as] near.

70:8–9Page 568

يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ ٨

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,¹

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٩

And the mountains will be like wool,¹

70:10Page 568

وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمٗا ١٠

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,

70:11–14Page 569

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ ١١

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

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ ١٢

And his wife and his brother

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ ١٣

And his nearest kindred who shelter him

وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ١٤

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

70:15Page 569

كـَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ ١٥

No!¹ Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],

70:16–18Page 569

نَزَّاعَةٗ لِّلشَّوَىٰ ١٦

A remover of exteriors.¹

تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ١٧

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

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ ١٨

And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

70:19–30Page 569

۞ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ١٩

Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعٗا ٢٠

When evil touches him, impatient,

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا ٢١

And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ ٢٢

Except the observers of prayer -

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ ٢٣

Those who are constant in their prayer

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ ٢٤

And those within whose wealth is a known right¹

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ٢٥

For the petitioner and the deprived -

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ٢٦

And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ ٢٧

And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونٖ ٢٨

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

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ ٢٩

And those who guard their private parts

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ ٣٠

Except from their wives or those their right hands possess,¹ for indeed, they are not to be blamed -