بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
سَأَلَسَآئِلٌۢبِعَذَابٍۢوَاقِعٍۢ١
Sa ala saaa'ilum bi'azaa binw-waaqi'
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَلَيْسَلَهُۥدَافِعٌۭ٢
Lilkaafireen laisa lahoo daafi'
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
مِّنَٱللَّهِذِىٱلْمَعَارِجِ٣
Minal laahi zil ma'aarij
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
تَعْرُجُٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُوَٱلرُّوحُإِلَيْهِفِىيَوْمٍۢكَانَمِقْدَارُهُۥخَمْسِينَأَلْفَسَنَةٍۢ٤
Ta'rujul malaaa'ikatu war Roohu ilaihi fee yawmin kaana miqdaaruhoo khamseena alfa sanah
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
فَٱصْبِرْصَبْرًۭاجَمِيلًا٥
Fasbir ssabran jameelaa
So be patient with gracious patience.
إِنَّهُمْيَرَوْنَهُۥبَعِيدًۭا٦
Inaahum yarawnahoo ba'eedaa
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
وَنَرَىٰهُقَرِيبًۭا٧
Wa naraahu qareebaa
But We see it [as] near.
يَوْمَتَكُونُٱلسَّمَآءُكَٱلْمُهْلِ٨
Yawma takoonus samaaa'u kalmuhl
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
وَتَكُونُٱلْجِبَالُكَٱلْعِهْنِ٩
Wa takoonul jibaalu kal'ihn
And the mountains will be like wool,
وَلَايَسْـَٔلُحَمِيمٌحَمِيمًۭا١٠
Wa laa yas'alu hameemun hameemaa
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚيَوَدُّٱلْمُجْرِمُلَوْيَفْتَدِىمِنْعَذَابِيَوْمِئِذٍۭبِبَنِيهِ١١
Yubassaroonahum; ya waddul mujrimu law yaftadee min 'azaabi yawma'izim bibaneeh
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children
وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦوَأَخِيهِ١٢
Wa saahibatihee wa akheeh
And his wife and his brother
وَفَصِيلَتِهِٱلَّتِىتُـْٔوِيهِ١٣
Wa faseelathil latee tu'weeh
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
وَمَنفِىٱلْأَرْضِجَمِيعًۭاثُمَّيُنجِيهِ١٤
Wa man fil ardi jamee'an summa yunjeeh
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
كَلَّآ ۖإِنَّهَالَظَىٰ١٥
Kallaa innahaa lazaa
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
نَزَّاعَةًۭلِّلشَّوَىٰ١٦
Nazzaa'atal lishshawaa
A remover of exteriors.
تَدْعُوا۟مَنْأَدْبَرَوَتَوَلَّىٰ١٧
Tad'oo man adbara wa tawallaa
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
وَجَمَعَفَأَوْعَىٰٓ١٨
W jama'a fa aw'aa
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
۞ إِنَّٱلْإِنسَـٰنَخُلِقَهَلُوعًا١٩
Innal insaana khuliqa haloo'aa
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
إِذَامَسَّهُٱلشَّرُّجَزُوعًۭا٢٠
Izaa massahush sharru jazoo'aa
When evil touches him, impatient,
وَإِذَامَسَّهُٱلْخَيْرُمَنُوعًا٢١
Wa izaa massahul khairu manoo'aa
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
إِلَّاٱلْمُصَلِّينَ٢٢
Illal musalleen
Except the observers of prayer -
ٱلَّذِينَهُمْعَلَىٰصَلَاتِهِمْدَآئِمُونَ٢٣
Allazeena hum 'alaa Salaatihim daaa'imoon
Those who are constant in their prayer
وَٱلَّذِينَفِىٓأَمْوَٰلِهِمْحَقٌّۭمَّعْلُومٌۭ٢٤
Wallazeena feee amwaalihim haqqum ma'loom
And those within whose wealth is a known right
لِّلسَّآئِلِوَٱلْمَحْرُومِ٢٥
Lissaaa 'ili walmahroom
For the petitioner and the deprived -
وَٱلَّذِينَيُصَدِّقُونَبِيَوْمِٱلدِّينِ٢٦
Wallazeena yusaddiqoona bi yawmid Deen
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
وَٱلَّذِينَهُممِّنْعَذَابِرَبِّهِممُّشْفِقُونَ٢٧
Wallazeena hum min 'azaabi Rabbihim mushfiqoon
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
إِنَّعَذَابَرَبِّهِمْغَيْرُمَأْمُونٍۢ٢٨
Inna 'azaaba Rabbihim ghairu maamoon
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
وَٱلَّذِينَهُمْلِفُرُوجِهِمْحَـٰفِظُونَ٢٩
Wallazeena hum lifuroo jihim haafizoon
And those who guard their private parts
إِلَّاعَلَىٰٓأَزْوَٰجِهِمْأَوْمَامَلَكَتْأَيْمَـٰنُهُمْفَإِنَّهُمْغَيْرُمَلُومِينَ٣٠
Illaa 'alaaa azwaajihim aw maa malakat aymaanuhum fainnahum ghairu maloomeen
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
فَمَنِٱبْتَغَىٰوَرَآءَذَٰلِكَفَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْعَادُونَ٣١
Famanib taghaa waraaa'a zaalika fa ulaaa'ika humul 'aadoon
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
وَٱلَّذِينَهُمْلِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْوَعَهْدِهِمْرَٰعُونَ٣٢
Wallazeena hum li amaa naatihim wa 'ahdihim raa'oon
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
وَٱلَّذِينَهُمبِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْقَآئِمُونَ٣٣
Wallazeena hum bishahaadaatihim qaaa'imoon
And those who are in their testimonies upright
وَٱلَّذِينَهُمْعَلَىٰصَلَاتِهِمْيُحَافِظُونَ٣٤
Wallazeena hum 'alaa salaatihim yuhaafizoon
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَفِىجَنَّـٰتٍۢمُّكْرَمُونَ٣٥
Ulaaa'ika fee jannaatim mukramoon
They will be in gardens, honored.
فَمَالِٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟قِبَلَكَمُهْطِعِينَ٣٦
Famaa lil lazeena kafaroo qibalaka muhti'een
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],
عَنِٱلْيَمِينِوَعَنِٱلشِّمَالِعِزِينَ٣٧
'Anil yameeni wa 'anish shimaali 'izeen
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
أَيَطْمَعُكُلُّٱمْرِئٍۢمِّنْهُمْأَنيُدْخَلَجَنَّةَنَعِيمٍۢ٣٨
Ayatma'u kullum ri'im minhum anyyudkhala jannata Na'eem
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
كَلَّآ ۖإِنَّاخَلَقْنَـٰهُممِّمَّايَعْلَمُونَ٣٩
Kallaaa innaa khalaq nahum mimmaa ya'lamoon
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
فَلَآأُقْسِمُبِرَبِّٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِوَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِإِنَّالَقَـٰدِرُونَ٤٠
Falaaa uqsimu bi Rabbil mashaariqi wal maghaaribi innaa laqaadiroon
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able
عَلَىٰٓأَننُّبَدِّلَخَيْرًۭامِّنْهُمْوَمَانَحْنُبِمَسْبُوقِينَ٤١
'Alaaa an nubaddila khairam minhum wa maa Nahnu bimasbooqeen
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
فَذَرْهُمْيَخُوضُوا۟وَيَلْعَبُوا۟حَتَّىٰيُلَـٰقُوا۟يَوْمَهُمُٱلَّذِىيُوعَدُونَ٤٢
Fazarhum yakhoodoo wa yal'aboo hattaa yulaaqoo yaw mahumul lazee yoo'adoon
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -
يَوْمَيَخْرُجُونَمِنَٱلْأَجْدَاثِسِرَاعًۭاكَأَنَّهُمْإِلَىٰنُصُبٍۢيُوفِضُونَ٤٣
Yawma yakhrujoona minal ajdaasi siraa'an ka anna hum ilaa nusubiny yoofidoon
The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.
خَـٰشِعَةًأَبْصَـٰرُهُمْتَرْهَقُهُمْذِلَّةٌۭ ۚذَٰلِكَٱلْيَوْمُٱلَّذِىكَانُوا۟يُوعَدُونَ٤٤
Khaashi'atan absaaruhum tarhaquhum zillah; zaalikal yawmul lazee kaanoo yoo'adoon
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.
Surah Al-Ma'aarij (Arabic: سُورَةُ المَعَارِجِ) is the 70th chapter of the Holy Qur'an. It consists of 44 verses and was revealed in Meccan.
This page provides the complete Surah Al-Ma'aarij in Arabic Uthmani script, clear English transliteration for pronunciation guidance, Saheeh International English translation, and interactive word-by-word audio recitation.
The English name translation of Surah Al-Ma'aarij is "The Ascending Stairways".
Surah Al-Ma'aarij is a Meccan surah.
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