سُورَةُ المَعَارِجِ
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ
ONE who is minded to ask might ask about the suffering which [in the hereafter] is bound to befall
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لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ
those who deny the truth. [Know, then, that] nothing can ward it off,
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مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ
[since it will come] from God, unto whom there are many ways of ascent:
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تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍۢ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ
all the angels and all the inspiration [ever granted to man] ascend unto Him [daily,] in a day the length whereof is [like] fifty thousand years…
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فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا
Therefore, [O believer,] endure all adversity with goodly patience:
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إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا
behold, men look upon that [reckoning] as something far away –
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وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا
but, We see it as near!
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يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ
[It will take place] on a Day when the sky will be like molten lead,
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وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ
and the mountains will be like tufts of wool,
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وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا
and [when] no friend will ask about his friend,
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يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ
though they may be in one another's sight: [for,] everyone who was lost in sin will on that Day but desire to ransom himself from suffering at the price of his own children,
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وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
and of his spouse, and of his brother,
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وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ
and of all the kinsfolk who ever sheltered him,
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وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
and of whoever [else] lives on earth, all of them - so that he could but save himself.
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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
But nay! Verily, all [that awaits him] is a raging flame,
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نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ
tearing away his skin!
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تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
It will claim all such as turn their backs [on what is right], and turn away [from the truth],
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وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ
and amass [wealth] and thereupon withhold [it from their fellow-men].
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۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
VERILY, man is born with a restless disposition.
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إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭا
[As a rule,] whenever misfortune touches him, he is filled with self-pity;
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وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
and whenever good fortune comes to him, he selfishly withholds it [from others].
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إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Not so, however, those who consciously turn towards God in prayer.
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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ
[and] who incessantly persevere in their prayer
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وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ
and in whose possessions there is a due share, acknowledged [by them],
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لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
for such as ask [for help] and such as are deprived [of what is good in life];
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وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
and who accept as true the [coming of the] Day of Judgment;
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
and who stand in dread of their Sustainer's chastisement –
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إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍۢ
for, behold, of their Sustainer's chastisement none may ever feel [wholly] secure;
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ
and who are mindful of their chastity,
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إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
[not giving way to their desires] with any but their spouses - that is, those whom they rightfully possess [through wedlock] -: for then, behold, they are free of all blame,
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فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ
whereas such as seek to go beyond that [limit] are truly transgressors;
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ
and who are faithful to their trusts and to their pledges:
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ
and who stand firm whenever they bear witness;
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
and who guard their prayers [from all worldly intent].
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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ مُّكْرَمُونَ
These it is who in the gardens [of paradise] shall be honoured!
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فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
WHAT, THEN, is amiss with such as are bent on denying the truth, that they run about confusedly to and fro before thee,
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عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
[coming upon thee] from the right and from the left, in crowds?
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أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍۢ
Does every one of them hope to enter [by this means] a garden of bliss?
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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
Never! For, behold, We have created them out of something that they know [only too well]!
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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ
But nay! I call to witness [Our being] the Sustainer of all the points of sunrise and sunset: verily, well able are We
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عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
to replace them with [people] better than they are; for there is nothing to prevent Us [from doing what We will].
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فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
Hence, leave them to indulge in idle talk and play [with words] until they face that [Judgment] Day of theirs which they have been promised –
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يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًۭا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍۢ يُوفِضُونَ
the Day when they shall come forth in haste from their graves, as if racing towards a goal-post,
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خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ
with downcast eyes, with ignominy overwhelming them: that Day which they were promised again and…
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