AL MAA`RIJ (THE PINNACLES)
(Revealed at Mecca – contains 44 verses – 2 sections)
Allah – beginning with the name of – the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
| AYAT | TRANSLATION |
|---|---|
| 1 | سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ |
| A requester seeks the punishment that will take place – | |
| 2 | لِّلْكَافِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ |
| – Upon the disbelievers – the punishment that none can avert. | |
| 3 | مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ |
| From Allah, the Lord of all pinnacles. | |
| 4 | تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ |
| The angels and Jibreel, ascend towards Him – the punishment will befall on a day which spans fifty thousand years. | |
| 5 | فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا |
| Therefore patiently endure, in the best manner (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him). | |
| 6 | إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا |
| They deem it to be remote. | |
| 7 | وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا |
| Whereas We see it impending. | |
| 8 | يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاءُ كَالْمُهْلِ |
| The day when the sky will be like molten silver. | |
| 9 | وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ |
| And the hills will be light as wool. | |
| 10 | وَلَا يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا |
| And no friend will ask concerning his friend. | |
| 11 | يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ |
| They will be seeing them; the guilty will wish if only he could redeem himself from the punishment of that day, by offering his sons. | |
| 12 | وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ |
| And his wife and his brother. | |
| 13 | وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِي تُؤْوِيهِ |
| And the family in which he was. | |
| 14 | وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ |
| And all those who are in the earth – then only if the redemption saves him! | |
| 15 | كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ |
| Never! That is indeed a blazing fire. | |
| 16 | نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ |
| A fire that melts the hide. | |
| 17 | تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ |
| It calls out to him who reverted and turned away. | |
| 18 | وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰ |
| And accumulated wealth and hoarded it. | |
| 19 | ۞ إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا |
| Indeed man is created very impatient, greedy. | |
| 20 | إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا |
| Very nervous when touched by misfortune. | |
| 21 | وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا |
| And refraining, when good reaches him. | |
| 22 | إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ |
| Except those who establish prayer. | |
| 23 | الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ |
| Those who are regular in their prayers. | |
| 24 | وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ |
| And those in whose wealth exists a recognised right, | |
| 25 | لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ |
| For those who beg, and for the needy who cannot even ask. | |
| 26 | وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ |
| And those who believe the Day of Judgement to be true. | |
| 27 | وَالَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ |
| And those who fear the punishment of their Lord. | |
| 28 | إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ |
| Indeed the punishment of their Lord is not a thing to be unafraid of! | |
| 29 | وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ |
| And those who protect their private organs (from adultery). | |
| 30 | إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ |
| Except with their wives and the bondwomen in their possession, for there is no reproach on them. | |
| 31 | فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ |
| So those who desire more than this – it is they who are the transgressors. | |
| 32 | وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ |
| And those who protect the property entrusted to them, and their agreements. | |
| 33 | وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَ |
| And those who are firm upon their testimonies. | |
| 34 | وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ |
| And those who protect their prayers. | |
| 35 | أُولَٰئِكَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ |
| It is these who will be honoured in Gardens. | |
| 36 | فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ |
| So what is the matter with these disbelievers, that they stare at you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him)? | |
| 37 | عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ |
| From the right and the left, in groups? | |
| 38 | أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ |
| Does every man among them aspire to be admitted into the Garden of serenity? | |
| 39 | كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ |
| Never! We have indeed created them from a thing they know. | |
| 40 | فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ إِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَ |
| So I swear by the Lord of every East and every West, that We are indeed Able. | |
| 41 | عَلَىٰ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ |
| To replace them by those better than them; and none can escape from Us. | |
| 42 | فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ |
| Therefore leave them, involved in their indecencies and play, till they confront their day which they are promised. | |
| 43 | يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ |
| A day when they will come out of the graves in haste, as if rushing towards their goals. | |
| 44 | خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ |
| With lowered eyes, disgrace overcoming them; this is the day, which they had been promised. | |