Al-Ma'aarij سُورَةُ المَعَارِجِ

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ ﴿1﴾

A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall

70:1 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 568 · tafsir at quran.com

لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ ﴿2﴾

Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

70:2 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 568 · tafsir at quran.com

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ ﴿3﴾

From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

70:3 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 568 · tafsir at quran.com

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍۢ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ ﴿4﴾

(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.

70:4 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 568 · tafsir at quran.com

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا ﴿5﴾

But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.

70:5 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 568 · tafsir at quran.com

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا ﴿6﴾

Lo! they behold it afar off

70:6 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 568 · tafsir at quran.com

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا ﴿7﴾

While we behold it nigh:

70:7 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 568 · tafsir at quran.com

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ ﴿8﴾

The day when the sky will become as molten copper,

70:8 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 568 · tafsir at quran.com

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ﴿9﴾

And the hills become as flakes of wool,

70:9 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 568 · tafsir at quran.com

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا ﴿10﴾

And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend

70:10 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 568 · tafsir at quran.com

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ ﴿11﴾

Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children

70:11 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ ﴿12﴾

And his spouse and his brother

70:12 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ ﴿13﴾

And his kin that harboured him

70:13 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ﴿14﴾

And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.

70:14 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ ﴿15﴾

But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell

70:15 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ ﴿16﴾

Eager to roast;

70:16 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿17﴾

It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),

70:17 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ ﴿18﴾

And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.

70:18 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ﴿19﴾

Lo! man was created anxious,

70:19 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭا ﴿20﴾

Fretful when evil befalleth him

70:20 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا ﴿21﴾

And, when good befalleth him, grudging;

70:21 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ ﴿22﴾

Save worshippers.

70:22 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ ﴿23﴾

Who are constant at their worship

70:23 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ ﴿24﴾

And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

70:24 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ ﴿25﴾

For the beggar and the destitute;

70:25 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿26﴾

And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

70:26 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ ﴿27﴾

And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -

70:27 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍۢ ﴿28﴾

Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -

70:28 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ ﴿29﴾

And those who preserve their chastity

70:29 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ ﴿30﴾

Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;

70:30 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ ﴿31﴾

But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;

70:31 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ ﴿32﴾

And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,

70:32 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ ﴿33﴾

And those who stand by their testimony

70:33 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ ﴿34﴾

And those who are attentive at their worship.

70:34 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ مُّكْرَمُونَ ﴿35﴾

These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

70:35 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ ﴿36﴾

What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open-eyed,

70:36 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ ﴿37﴾

On the right and on the left, in groups?

70:37 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍۢ ﴿38﴾

Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight?

70:38 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿39﴾

Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.

70:39 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 569 · tafsir at quran.com

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ ﴿40﴾

But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the setting-places of the planets that We verily are Able

70:40 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 570 · tafsir at quran.com

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ﴿41﴾

To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.

70:41 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 570 · tafsir at quran.com

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ﴿42﴾

So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,

70:42 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 570 · tafsir at quran.com

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًۭا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍۢ يُوفِضُونَ ﴿43﴾

The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,

70:43 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 570 · tafsir at quran.com

خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ ﴿44﴾

With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.

70:44 · Al-Ma'aarij · juz 29 · page 570 · tafsir at quran.com