70. Al-Maarij (1 to 44)
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen, To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer., [It is] from Allah , owner of the ways of ascent…
1 سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ
sa’ʔala sa’ʔyʔilunm biʕaða’binm wa’qiʕinm
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
2 لِّلْكَفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ
l:ilkafiriyna laysa lahuw da’fiʕunm
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
3 مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ
m:ina ‘ll:ahi ðiy ‘lmaʕa’riji
[It is] from Allah , owner of the ways of ascent.
4 تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍۢ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ
taʕruju ‘lmalaʔyʔikatu wa’lr:uwḥu ‘ʔilayhi fiy yawminm ka’na miqda’ruhuw xamsiyna ‘ʔalfa sanatinm
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
5 فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا
fa’ṣbir ṣabranm’ jamiylan’
So be patient with gracious patience.
6 إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا
‘ʔin:ahum yarawnahuw baʕiydanm’
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
7 وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا
wanaray’hu qariybanm’
But We see it [as] near.
8 يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ
yawma takuwnu ‘ls:ama’ʔʔu ka’lmuhli
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
9 وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ
watakuwnu ‘ljiba’lu ka’lʕihni
And the mountains will be like wool,
10 وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا
wala’ yasʔalu ḥamiymun ḥamiymanm’
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
11 يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ
yubaṣ:aruwnahum j yawad:u ‘lmujrimu law yaftadiy min ʕaða’bi yawmiyʔiðinm bibaniyhi
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 وَصَحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
waṣaḥibatihiy wa’ʔaxiyhi
And his wife and his brother
13 وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ
wafaṣiylatihi ‘l:atiy tuʔwiyhi
And his nearest kindred who shelter him
14 وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
waman fiy ‘l’ʔarḍi jamiyʕanm’ èum:a yunjiyhi
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
15 كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
kal:a’ʔ sl’ ‘ʔin:aha’ laẓay’
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
16 نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰ
naz:a’ʕatanm l:ilʃ:away’
A remover of exteriors.
17 تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
tadʕuw’ man ‘ʔadbara watawal:ay’
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
18 وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ
wajamaʕa fa’ʔawʕay’ʔ
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
19 إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
‘ʔin:a ‘l’ʔinsana xuliqa haluwʕan’
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
20 إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭا
‘ʔiًa’ mas:ahu ‘lʃ:ar:u jazuwʕanm’
When evil touches him, impatient,
21 وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
wa’ʔiًa’ mas:ahu ‘lxayru manuwʕan’
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
22 إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
‘ʔil:a’ ‘lmuṣal:iyna
Except the observers of prayer -
23 ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ
‘l:aًiyna hum ʕalay’ ṣala’tihim da’ʔyʔimuwna
Those who are constant in their prayer
24 وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَلِهِمْ حَقٌّۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ
wa’l:aًiyna fiyʔ ‘ʔamwalihim ḥaq:unm m:aʕluwmunm
And those within whose wealth is a known right
25 لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
l:ils:a’ʔyʔili wa’lmaḥruwmi
For the petitioner and the deprived -
26 وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
wa’l:aًiyna yuṣad:iquwna biyawmi ‘ld:iyni
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
27 وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
wa’l:aًiyna hum m:in ʕaًa’bi rab:ihim m:uʃfiquwna
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
28 إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍۢ
‘ʔin:a ʕaًa’ba rab:ihim ɣayru ma’ʔmuwninm
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
29 وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَفِظُونَ
wa’l:aًiyna hum lifuruwjihim ḥafiẓuwna
And those who guard their private parts
30 إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
‘ʔil:a’ ʕalay’ʔ ‘ʔazwajihim ‘ʔaw ma’ malakat ‘ʔaymanuhum fa’ʔin:ahum ɣayru maluwmiyna
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
31 فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ
famani ‘btaɣay’ wara’ʔʔa ًalika fa’ʔuwlaʔyʔika humu ‘lʕa’duwna
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
32 وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَنَتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَعُونَ
wa’l:aًiyna hum li’ʔamanatihim waʕahdihim raʕuwna
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
33 وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَدَتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ
wa’l:aًiyna hum biʃahadatihim qa’ʔyʔimuwna
And those who are in their testimonies upright
34 وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
wa’l:aًiyna hum ʕalay’ ṣala’tihim yuḥa’fiẓuwna
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
35 أُو۟لَٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّتٍۢ مُّكْرَمُونَ
‘ʔuwlaʔyʔika fiy jan:atinm m:ukramuwna
They will be in gardens, honored.
36 فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
fama’li ‘l:aًiyna kafaruw’ qibalaka muhṭiʕiyna
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],
37 عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
ʕani ‘lyamiyni waʕani ‘lʃ:ima’li ʕiziyna
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
38 أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍۢ
‘ʔayaṭmaʕu kul:u ‘mriyʔinm m:inhum ‘ʔan yudxala jan:ata naʕiyminm
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
39 كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
kal:a’ʔ sl’ ‘ʔin:a’ xalaqnahum m:im:a’ yaʕlamuwna
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
40 فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَدِرُونَ
fala’ʔ ‘ʔuqsimu birab:i ‘lmaʃariqi wa’lmaɣaribi ‘ʔin:a’ laqadiruwna
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
ʕalay’ʔ ‘ʔan n:ubad:ila xayranm’ m:inhum wama’ naḥnu bimasbuwqiyna
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
42 فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
faًarhum yaxuwḍuw’ wayalʕabuw’ ḥat:ay’ yulaquw’ yawmahumu ‘l:aًiy yuwʕaduwna
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
yawma yaxrujuwna mina ‘l’ʔajda’èi sira’ʕanm’ ka’ʔan:ahum ‘ʔilay’ nuṣubinm yuwfiḍuwna
The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.
44 خَشِعَةً أَبْصَرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۚ ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ
xaʃiʕatan ‘ʔabṣaruhum tarhaquhum ًil:atunm j ًalika ‘lyawmu ‘l:aًiy ka’nuw’ yuwʕaduwna
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.
