Surah Al-Ma'arij (The Ascending Stairways)
Surah Al-Ma'arij in Arabic with the English translation of every verse (Saheeh International) and the meaning of each Arabic word. To listen — first the English meaning, then the Arabic recitation — open it in the app.
سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابࣲ وَاقِعࣲ ﴿1﴾
70:1 A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
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سَأَلَ Asked · سَآئِلٌۢ a questioner · بِعَذَابٍۢ about a punishment · وَاقِعٍۢ bound to happen
لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعࣱ ﴿2﴾
70:2 To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
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لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ To the disbelievers · لَيْسَ not · لَهُۥ of it · دَافِعٌۭ any preventer
مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ ﴿3﴾
70:3 [It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
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مِّنَ From · ٱللَّهِ Allah · ذِى Owner · ٱلْمَعَارِجِ (of) the ways of ascent
تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمࣲ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةࣲ ﴿4﴾
70:4 The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
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تَعْرُجُ Ascend · ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ the Angels · وَٱلرُّوحُ and the Spirit · إِلَيْهِ to Him · فِى in · يَوْمٍۢ a Day · كَانَ [is] · مِقْدَارُهُۥ its measure · خَمْسِينَ (is) fifty · أَلْفَ thousand · سَنَةٍۢ year(s)
فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرࣰ ا جَمِيلًا ﴿5﴾
70:5 So be patient with gracious patience.
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فَٱصْبِرْ So be patient · صَبْرًۭا a patience · جَمِيلًا good
إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدࣰ ا ﴿6﴾
70:6 Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
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إِنَّهُمْ Indeed, they · يَرَوْنَهُۥ see it · بَعِيدًۭا (as) far off
وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبࣰ ا ﴿7﴾
70:7 But We see it [as] near.
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وَنَرَىٰهُ But We see it · قَرِيبًۭا near
يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ ﴿8﴾
70:8 On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
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يَوْمَ (The) Day · تَكُونُ will be · ٱلسَّمَآءُ the sky · كَٱلْمُهْلِ like molten copper
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ﴿9﴾
70:9 And the mountains will be like wool,
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وَتَكُونُ And will be · ٱلْجِبَالُ the mountains · كَٱلْعِهْنِ like wool
وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمࣰ ا ﴿10﴾
70:10 And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
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وَلَا And not · يَسْـَٔلُ will ask · حَمِيمٌ a friend · حَمِيمًۭا (about) a friend
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ ﴿11﴾
70:11 They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children
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يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ They will be made to see each other · يَوَدُّ Would wish · ٱلْمُجْرِمُ the criminal · لَوْ if · يَفْتَدِى he (could be) ransomed · مِنْ from · عَذَابِ (the) punishment · يَوْمِئِذٍۭ (of) that Day · بِبَنِيهِ by his children
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ ﴿12﴾
70:12 And his wife and his brother
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وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ And his spouse · وَأَخِيهِ and his brother
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ ﴿13﴾
70:13 And his nearest kindred who shelter him
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وَفَصِيلَتِهِ And his nearest kindred · ٱلَّتِى who · تُـْٔوِيهِ sheltered him
وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعࣰ ا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ﴿14﴾
70:14 And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
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وَمَن And whoever · فِى (is) on · ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth · جَمِيعًۭا all · ثُمَّ then · يُنجِيهِ it (could) save him
كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ ﴿15﴾
70:15 No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
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كَلَّآ ۖ By no means · إِنَّهَا Indeed, it (is) · لَظَىٰ surely a Flame of Hell
نَزَّاعَةࣰ لِّلشَّوَىٰ ﴿16﴾
70:16 A remover of exteriors.
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نَزَّاعَةًۭ A remover · لِّلشَّوَىٰ of the skin of the head
تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿17﴾
70:17 It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
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تَدْعُوا۟ Inviting · مَنْ (him) who · أَدْبَرَ turned his back · وَتَوَلَّىٰ and went away
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ ﴿18﴾
70:18 And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
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وَجَمَعَ And collected · فَأَوْعَىٰٓ and hoarded
۞إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ﴿19﴾
70:19 Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
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۞ إِنَّ Indeed · ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ the man · خُلِقَ was created · هَلُوعًا anxious
إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعࣰ ا ﴿20﴾
70:20 When evil touches him, impatient,
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إِذَا When · مَسَّهُ touches him · ٱلشَّرُّ the evil · جَزُوعًۭا distressed
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا ﴿21﴾
70:21 And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
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وَإِذَا And when · مَسَّهُ touches him · ٱلْخَيْرُ the good · مَنُوعًا withholding
إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ ﴿22﴾
70:22 Except the observers of prayer -
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إِلَّا Except · ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ those who pray
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ ﴿23﴾
70:23 Those who are constant in their prayer
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ٱلَّذِينَ Those who · هُمْ [they] · عَلَىٰ at · صَلَاتِهِمْ their prayer · دَآئِمُونَ (are) constant
وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقࣱّ مَّعۡلُومࣱ ﴿24﴾
70:24 And those within whose wealth is a known right
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وَٱلَّذِينَ And those who · فِىٓ in · أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ their wealth · حَقٌّۭ (is) a right · مَّعْلُومٌۭ known
لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ﴿25﴾
70:25 For the petitioner and the deprived -
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لِّلسَّآئِلِ For the one who asks · وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ and the deprived
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿26﴾
70:26 And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
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وَٱلَّذِينَ And those who · يُصَدِّقُونَ accept (the) truth · بِيَوْمِ (of the) Day · ٱلدِّينِ (of) the Judgment
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ ﴿27﴾
70:27 And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
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وَٱلَّذِينَ And those who · هُم [they] · مِّنْ of · عَذَابِ (the) punishment · رَبِّهِم (of) their Lord · مُّشْفِقُونَ (are) fearful
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونࣲ ﴿28﴾
70:28 Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
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إِنَّ Indeed · عَذَابَ (the) punishment · رَبِّهِمْ (of) your Lord · غَيْرُ (is) not · مَأْمُونٍۢ to be felt secure (of)
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ ﴿29﴾
70:29 And those who guard their private parts
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وَٱلَّذِينَ And those who · هُمْ [they] · لِفُرُوجِهِمْ their modesty · حَـٰفِظُونَ (are) guardians
إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ ﴿30﴾
70:30 Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
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إِلَّا Except · عَلَىٰٓ from · أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ their spouses · أَوْ or · مَا what · مَلَكَتْ they possess · أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ rightfully · فَإِنَّهُمْ then indeed, they · غَيْرُ (are) not · مَلُومِينَ blameworthy
فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ ﴿31﴾
70:31 But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
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فَمَنِ But whoever · ٱبْتَغَىٰ seeks · وَرَآءَ beyond · ذَٰلِكَ that · فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ then those · هُمُ [they] · ٱلْعَادُونَ (are) the transgressors
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ ﴿32﴾
70:32 And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
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وَٱلَّذِينَ And those who · هُمْ [they] · لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ of their trusts · وَعَهْدِهِمْ and their promise · رَٰعُونَ (are) observers
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُونَ ﴿33﴾
70:33 And those who are in their testimonies upright
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وَٱلَّذِينَ And those who · هُم [they] · بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ in their testimonies · قَآئِمُونَ stand firm
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ ﴿34﴾
70:34 And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
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وَٱلَّذِينَ And those who · هُمْ [they] · عَلَىٰ on · صَلَاتِهِمْ their prayer · يُحَافِظُونَ keep a guard
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِي جَنَّٰتࣲ مُّكۡرَمُونَ ﴿35﴾
70:35 They will be in gardens, honored.
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ Those · فِى (will be) in · جَنَّـٰتٍۢ Gardens · مُّكْرَمُونَ honored
فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِينَ ﴿36﴾
70:36 So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],
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فَمَالِ So what is with · ٱلَّذِينَ those who · كَفَرُوا۟ disbelieve · قِبَلَكَ before you · مُهْطِعِينَ (they) hasten
عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ ﴿37﴾
70:37 [To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
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عَنِ On · ٱلْيَمِينِ the right · وَعَنِ and on · ٱلشِّمَالِ the left · عِزِينَ (in) separate groups
أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيࣲٕ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمࣲ ﴿38﴾
70:38 Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
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أَيَطْمَعُ Does long · كُلُّ every · ٱمْرِئٍۢ person · مِّنْهُمْ among them · أَن that · يُدْخَلَ he enters · جَنَّةَ a Garden · نَعِيمٍۢ (of) Delight
كَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ ﴿39﴾
70:39 No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
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كَلَّآ ۖ By no means · إِنَّا Indeed, We · خَلَقْنَـٰهُم [We] have created them · مِّمَّا from what · يَعْلَمُونَ they know
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ ﴿40﴾
70:40 So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able
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فَلَآ But nay · أُقْسِمُ I swear · بِرَبِّ by (the) Lord · ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ (of) the risings · وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ and the settings · إِنَّا that We · لَقَـٰدِرُونَ (are) surely Able
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرࣰ ا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ ﴿41﴾
70:41 To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
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عَلَىٰٓ [On] · أَن to · نُّبَدِّلَ [We] replace · خَيْرًۭا (with) better · مِّنْهُمْ than them · وَمَا and not · نَحْنُ We · بِمَسْبُوقِينَ (are) to be outrun
فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ ﴿42﴾
70:42 So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -
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فَذَرْهُمْ So leave them · يَخُوضُوا۟ (to) converse vainly · وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ and amuse themselves · حَتَّىٰ until · يُلَـٰقُوا۟ they meet · يَوْمَهُمُ their Day · ٱلَّذِى which · يُوعَدُونَ they are promised
يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعࣰ ا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبࣲ يُوفِضُونَ ﴿43﴾
70:43 The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.
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يَوْمَ (The) Day · يَخْرُجُونَ they will come out · مِنَ from · ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ the graves · سِرَاعًۭا rapidly · كَأَنَّهُمْ as if they (were) · إِلَىٰ to · نُصُبٍۢ a goal · يُوفِضُونَ hastening
خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةࣱۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ ﴿44﴾
70:44 Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.
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خَـٰشِعَةً Humbled · أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ their eyesights · تَرْهَقُهُمْ will cover them · ذِلَّةٌۭ ۚ humiliation · ذَٰلِكَ That · ٱلْيَوْمُ (is) the Day · ٱلَّذِى which · كَانُوا۟ they were · يُوعَدُونَ promised