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Al-Ma'arij (#70)
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
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سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ sa-ala sā-ilun bi`adhābin wāqi` An asker asked for a punishment sure to befall
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لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ lilkāfirīna laysa lahu dāfi` —which none can avert from the faithless —
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مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ minallāhi dhil ma`ārij from Allah, Lord of the lofty stations.
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تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ ta`rujul malā-ikatu war rūḥu ilayhi fī yawmin kāna miqdāruhu khamsīna alfa sanah The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day whose span is fifty thousand years.
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فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا faṣbir ṣabran jamīlā So be patient, with a patience that is graceful.
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إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا innahum yarawnahu ba`īdā Indeed they see it to be far off,
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وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا wanarāhu qarībā and We see it to be near.
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يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ yawma takūnus samā-u kal muhl The day when the sky will be like molten copper,
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وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ watakūnul jibālu kal `ihn and the mountains like [tufts of] dyed wool,
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وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا walā yas-alu ḥamīmun ḥamīmā and no friend will inquire about [the welfare of his] friend,
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يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ yubaṣṣarūnahum ۚ yawaddul mujrimu law yaftadī min `adhābi yawmi-idhin bibanīh [though] they will be placed within each other’s sight. The guilty one will wish he could ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children,
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وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ waṣāḥibatihi wa-akhīh his spouse and his brother,
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وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ wafaṣīlatihil latī tu-wyh his kin, which had sheltered him
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وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ wa man fil-arḍi jamī`an thumma yunjīh and all those who are upon the earth, if that might deliver him.
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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ kallā ۖ innahā laẓā Never! Indeed, it is a blazing fire,
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نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ nazzā`atan lishhawā which strips away the scalp.
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تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ tad`ū man adbara watawallā It invites him, who has turned back [from the truth] and forsaken [it],
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وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ wajama`a fa-aw`ā amassing [wealth] and hoarding [it].
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إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا innal-insāna khuliqa halū`ā Indeed man has been created covetous:
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إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا idhā massahush sharru jazū`ā anxious when an ill befalls him
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وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا wa idhā massahul khayru manū`ā and grudging [charity] when good comes his way
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إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ illal-muṣallīn —[all are such] except the prayerful,
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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ alladhīna hum `alā ṣalātihim dā-imūn those who persevere in their prayers
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وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ wal ladhīna fī amwālihim ḥaqqun ma`lūm and there is a known share in whose wealth
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لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ lissā-ili wal maḥrūm for the beggar and the deprived,
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وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ wal ladhīna yuṣaddiqūna biyawmid dīn and who affirm the Day of Retribution,
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ wal ladhīna hum min `adhābi rabbihim mushfiqūn and those who are apprehensive of the punishment of their Lord
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إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ inna `adhāba rabbihim ghayru ma-mūn (there is indeed no security from the punishment of their Lord)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ wal ladhīna hum lifurūjihim ḥāfiẓūn and those who guard their private parts
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إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ illā `alā azwājihim aw mā malakat aymānuhum fa-innahum ghayru malūmīn (apart from their spouses and their slave women, for then they are not blameworthy;
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فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ famanib-taghā warā-a dhālika fa-ulā-ika humul `ādūn but whoever seeks beyond that—it is they who are the transgressors)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ wal ladhīna hum li-amānātihim wa`ahdihim rā`ūn and those who keep their trusts and covenants,
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ wal ladhīna hum bishahādātihim qā-imūn and those who are observant of their testimonies,
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ wal ladhīna hum `alā ṣalātihim yuḥāfiẓūn and those who are watchful of their prayers.
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ ulā-ika fī jannātin mukramūn They will be in gardens, held in honour.
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فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ famālil ladhīna kafarū qibalaka muhṭi`īn What is the matter with the faithless that they scramble toward you,
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عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ `anil yamīni wa`anish shimāli `izīn from left and right, in groups?
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أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ ayaṭma`u kullum-ri-in minhum an yudkhala jannata na`īm Does each man among them hope to enter the garden of bliss?
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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ kallā ۖ innā khalaqnāhum mimmā ya`lamūn Never! Indeed, We created them from what they know.
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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ falā uqsimu birabbil mashāriqi wal maghāribi innā laqādirūn So I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests that We are able
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عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ `alā an nubaddila khayran minhum wa mā naḥnu bimasbūqīn to replace them with [others] better than them and We are not to be outmaneuvered.
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فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ fadharhum yakhūḍū wayal`abū ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumul ladhī yū`adūn So leave them to gossip and play till they encounter the day they are promised:
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يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ yawma yakhrujūna minal-ajdāthi sirā`an ka-annahum ilā nuṣubiy yūfiḍūn the day when they emerge from graves, hastening, as if racing toward a target,
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خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ khāshi`atan abṣāruhum tarhaquhum dhillah ۚ dhālikal yawmul ladhī kānū yū`adūn with a humbled look [in their eyes], overcast by abasement. That is the day they had been promised.
