Al-Ma'aarij

Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin

Sa'ala Sā'ilun Bi`adhābin Wāqi`in

One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall

Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun

Lilkāfiryna Laysa Lahu Dāfi`un

The unbelievers-- there is none to avert it

Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji

Mina Allāhi Dhī Al-Ma`āriji

From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent

TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin

Ta`ruju Al-Malā'ikatu Wa Ar-Rūĥu 'Ilayhi Fī Yawmin Kāna Miqdāruhu Khamsīna 'Alfa Sanahin

To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years

Faisbir sabran jameelan

Fāşbir Şabrāan Jamīlāan

Therefore endure with a goodly patience

Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan

Innahum Yarawnahu Ba`īdāan

Surely they think it to be far off

Wanarahu qareeban

Wa Narāhu Qarībāan

And We see it nigh

Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli

Yawma Takūnu As-Samā'u Kālmuhli

On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper

Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni

Wa Takūnu Al-Jibālu Kāl`ihni

And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool

Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman

Wa Lā Yas'alu Ĥamīmun Ĥamīmāan

And friend shall not ask of friend

Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu law yaftadee min AAathabi yawmiithin bibaneehi

Yubaşşarūnahum Yawaddu Al-Mujrimu Law Yaftadī Min `Adhābi Yawmi'idhin Bibanīhi

(Though) they shall be made to see each other. The guilty one would fain redeem himself from the chastisement of that day by (sacrificing) his children

Wasahibatihi waakheehi

Wa Şāĥibatihi Wa 'Akhīhi

And his wife and his brother

Wafaseelatihi allatee tuweehi

Wa Faşīlatihi Allatī Tu'uwyhi

And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter

Waman fee alardi jameeAAan thumma yunjeehi

Wa Man Fī Al-'Arđi Jamī`āan Thumma Yunjīhi

And all those that are in the earth, (wishing) then (that) this might deliver him

Kalla innaha latha

Kallā 'Innahā Lažá

By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire

NazzaAAatan lilshshawa

Nazzā`atan Lilshawá

Dragging by the head

TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

Tad`ū Man 'Adbara Wa Tawallá

It shall claim him who turned and fled (from truth)

WajamaAAa faawAAa

Wa Jama`a Fa'aw`á

And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up

Inna alinsana khuliqa halooAAan

Inna Al-'Insāna Khuliqa Halū`āan

Surely man is created of a hasty temperament

Itha massahu alshsharru jazooAAan

Idhā Massahu Ash-Sharru Jazū`āan

Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him

Waitha massahu alkhayru manooAAan

Wa 'Idhā Massahu Al-Khayru Manū`āan

And niggardly when good befalls him

Illa almusalleena

Illā Al-Muşallīna

Except those who pray

Allatheena hum AAala salatihim daimoona

Al-Ladhīna Hum `Alá Şalātihim Dā'imūna

Those who are constant at their prayer

Waallatheena fee amwalihim haqqun maAAloomun

Wa Al-Ladhīna Fī 'Amwālihim Ĥaqqun Ma`lūmun

And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion

Lilssaili waalmahroomi

Lilssā'ili Wa Al-Maĥrūmi

For him who begs and for him who is denied (good)

Waallatheena yusaddiqoona biyawmi alddeeni

Wa Al-Ladhīna Yuşaddiqūna Biyawmi Ad-Dīni

And those who accept the truth of the judgment day

Waallatheena hum min AAathabi rabbihim mushfiqoona

Wa Al-Ladhīna Hum Min `Adhābi Rabbihim Mushfiqūna

And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord

Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru mamoonin

Inna `Adhāba Rabbihim Ghayru Ma'mūnin

Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure of

Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona

Wa Al-Ladhīna Hum Lifurūjihim Ĥāfižūna

And those who guard their private parts

Illa AAala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena

Illā `Alá 'Azwājihim 'Aw Mā Malakat 'Aymānuhum Fa'innahum Ghayru Malūmīna

Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess-- for these surely are not to be blamed

Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alAAadoona

Famani Abtaghá Warā'a Dhālika Fa'ūlā'ika Humu Al-`Ādūna

But he who seeks to go beyond this, these it is that go beyond the limits

Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waAAahdihim raAAoona

Wa Al-Ladhīna Hum Li'mānātihim Wa `Ahdihim Rā`ūna

And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant

Waallatheena hum bishahadatihim qaimoona

Wa Al-Ladhīna Hum Bishahādātihim Qā'imūna

And those who are upright in their testimonies

Waallatheena hum AAala salatihim yuhafithoona

Wa Al-Ladhīna Hum `Alá Şalātihim Yuĥāfižūna

And those who keep a guard on their prayer

Olaika fee jannatin mukramoona

Ūlā'ika Fī Jannātin Mukramūna

Those shall be in gardens, honored

Famali allatheena kafaroo qibalaka muhtiAAeena

Famāli Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Qibalaka Muhţi`īna

But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten on around you

AAani alyameeni waAAani alshshimali AAizeena

Ani Al-Yamīni Wa `Ani Ash-Shimāli `Izīna

On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties

AyatmaAAu kullu imriin minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin

Ayaţma`u Kullu Amri'in Minhum 'An Yudkhala Jannata Na`īmin

Does every man of them desire that he should be made to enter the garden of bliss

Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma yaAAlamoona

Kallā 'Innā Khalaqnāhum Mimmā Ya`lamūna

By no means! Surely We have created them of what they know

Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona

Falā 'Uqsimu Birabbi Al-Mashāriqi Wa Al-Maghāribi 'Innā Laqādirūna

But nay! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly able

AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena

Alá 'An Nubaddila Khayrāan Minhum Wa Mā Naĥnu Bimasbūqīna

To bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome

Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona

Fadharhum Yakhūđū Wa Yal`abū Ĥattá Yulāqū Yawmahumu Al-Ladhī Yū`adūna

Therefore leave them alone to go on with the false discourses and to sport until they come face to face with that day of theirs with which they are threatened

Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona

Yawma Yakhrujūna Mina Al-'Ajdāthi Sirā`āan Ka'annahum 'Ilá Nuşubin Yūfiđūna

The day on which they shall come forth from their graves in haste, as if they were hastening on to a goal

KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona

Khāshi`atan 'Abşāruhum Tarhaquhum Dhillatun Dhālika Al-Yawmu Al-Ladhī Kānū Yū`adūna

Their eyes cast down; disgrace shall overtake them; that is the day which they were threatened with