Surah Al-Ma'aarij: Arabic, Transliteration and Translation

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ﴿1﴾

   Sa ala saaa'ilum bi'azaa binw-waaqi'

   1.A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

2. لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ﴿2﴾

   Lilkaafireen laisa lahoo daafi'

   2.To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

3. مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ﴿3﴾

   Minal laahi zil ma'aarij

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

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

   Ta'rujul malaaa'ikatu war Roohu ilaihi fee yawmin kaana miqdaaruhoo khamseena alfa sanah

   4.The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.

5. فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا﴿5﴾

   Fasbir ssabran jameelaa

   5.So be patient with gracious patience.

6. إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا﴿6﴾

   Inaahum yarawnahoo ba'eedaa

   6.Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

7. وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا﴿7﴾

   Wa naraahu qareebaa

   7.But We see it [as] near.

8. يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ﴿8﴾

   Yawma takoonus samaaa'u kalmuhl

   8.On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

9. وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ﴿9﴾

   Wa takoonul jibaalu kal'ihn

   9.And the mountains will be like wool,

10. وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا﴿10﴾

    Wa laa yas'alu hameemun hameemaa

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

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

    Yubassaroonahum; ya waddul mujrimu law yaftadee min 'azaabi yawma'izim bibaneeh

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

12. وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ﴿12﴾

    Wa saahibatihee wa akheeh

    12.And his wife and his brother

13. وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ﴿13﴾

    Wa faseelathil latee tu'weeh

    13.And his nearest kindred who shelter him

14. وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ﴿14﴾

    Wa man fil ardi jamee'an summa yunjeeh

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

15. كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ﴿15﴾

    Kallaa innahaa lazaa

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

16. نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ﴿16﴾

    Nazzaa'atal lishshawaa

    16.A remover of exteriors.

17. تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ﴿17﴾

    Tad'oo man adbara wa tawallaa

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

18. وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ﴿18﴾

    W jama'a fa aw'aa

    18.And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

19. ۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا﴿19﴾

    Innal insaana khuliqa haloo'aa

    19.Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

20. إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭا﴿20﴾

    Izaa massahush sharru jazoo'aa

    20.When evil touches him, impatient,

21. وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا﴿21﴾

    Wa izaa massahul khairu manoo'aa

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

22. إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ﴿22﴾

    Illal musalleen

    22.Except the observers of prayer -

23. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ﴿23﴾

    Allazeena hum 'alaa Salaatihim daaa'imoon

    23.Those who are constant in their prayer

24. وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ﴿24﴾

    Wallazeena feee amwaalihim haqqum ma'loom

    24.And those within whose wealth is a known right

25. لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ﴿25﴾

    Lissaaa 'ili walmahroom

    25.For the petitioner and the deprived -

26. وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ﴿26﴾

    Wallazeena yusaddiqoona bi yawmid Deen

    26.And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

27. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ﴿27﴾

    Wallazeena hum min 'azaabi Rabbihim mushfiqoon

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

28. إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍۢ﴿28﴾

    Inna 'azaaba Rabbihim ghairu maamoon

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

29. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ﴿29﴾

    Wallazeena hum lifuroo jihim haafizoon

    29.And those who guard their private parts

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

    Illaa 'alaaa azwaajihim aw maa malakat aymaanuhum fainnahum ghairu maloomeen

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

31. فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ﴿31﴾

    Famanib taghaa waraaa'a zaalika fa ulaaa'ika humul 'aadoon

    31.But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -

32. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ﴿32﴾

    Wallazeena hum li amaa naatihim wa 'ahdihim raa'oon

    32.And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

33. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ﴿33﴾

    Wallazeena hum bishahaadaatihim qaaa'imoon

    33.And those who are in their testimonies upright

34. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ﴿34﴾

    Wallazeena hum 'alaa salaatihim yuhaafizoon

    34.And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

35. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ مُّكْرَمُونَ﴿35﴾

    Ulaaa'ika fee jannaatim mukramoon

    35.They will be in gardens, honored.

36. فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ﴿36﴾

    Famaa lil lazeena kafaroo qibalaka muhti'een

    36.So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],

37. عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ﴿37﴾

    'Anil yameeni wa 'anish shimaali 'izeen

    37.[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?

38. أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍۢ﴿38﴾

    Ayatma'u kullum ri'im minhum anyyudkhala jannata Na'eem

    38.Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?

39. كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ﴿39﴾

    Kallaaa innaa khalaq nahum mimmaa ya'lamoon

    39.No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.

40. فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ﴿40﴾

    Falaaa uqsimu bi Rabbil mashaariqi wal maghaaribi innaa laqaadiroon

    40.So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

41. عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ﴿41﴾

    'Alaaa an nubaddila khairam minhum wa maa Nahnu bimasbooqeen

    41.To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.

42. فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ﴿42﴾

    Fazarhum yakhoodoo wa yal'aboo hattaa yulaaqoo yaw mahumul lazee yoo'adoon

    42.So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -

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

    Yawma yakhrujoona minal ajdaasi siraa'an ka anna hum ilaa nusubiny yoofidoon

    43.The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.

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

    Khaashi'atan absaaruhum tarhaquhum zillah; zaalikal yawmul lazee kaanoo yoo'adoon

    44.Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.