| The Elevated Passages -Al-Ma'arij | |||
| In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful | |||
| 1 | [ 70. 1 ] A caller supplicated about a punishment to fall on | ||
| 2 | [ 70. 2 ] the unbelievers which none can prevent. | ||
| 3 | [ 70. 3 ] ( A punishment ) from Allah, the Owner of the Elevated Passages. | ||
| 4 | [ 70. 4 ] To Him the angels and the Spirit ( Gabriel ) ascend in a day, the measure of which is fifty thousand years. | ||
| 5 | [ 70. 5 ] Therefore be patient, with a beautiful patience; | ||
| 6 | [ 70. 6 ] they see it as being far off; | ||
| 7 | [ 70. 7 ] but We see it near. | ||
| 8 | [ 70. 8 ] On that Day the heaven shall become like molten copper, | ||
| 9 | [ 70. 9 ] and the mountains shall be like puffs of wool. | ||
| 10 | [ 70. 10 ] No loyal friend will ask another loyal friend | ||
| 11 | [ 70. 11 ] though they are in sight of each other. To ransom himself from the punishment of that Day, the sinner will wish that he might even ransom himself by his sons, | ||
| 12 | [ 70. 12 ] his companion ( wife ), his brother, | ||
| 13 | [ 70. 13 ] the kinsmen who gave him shelter, | ||
| 14 | [ 70. 14 ] and whosoever is in the earth, altogether, so that it might save him. | ||
| 15 | [ 70. 15 ] No, in truth, it is a Furnace! | ||
| 16 | [ 70. 16 ] It snatches away by the scalps, | ||
| 17 | [ 70. 17 ] and it shall call him who withdrew and turned his back | ||
| 18 | [ 70. 18 ] and amassed ( riches ) and hoarded. | ||
| 19 | [ 70. 19 ] Indeed, the human was created grudging and impatient. | ||
| 20 | [ 70. 20 ] When evil comes upon him he is impatient; | ||
| 21 | [ 70. 21 ] but when good comes upon him, he is grudging | ||
| 22 | [ 70. 22 ] except those that pray | ||
| 23 | [ 70. 23 ] who are constant in prayer; | ||
| 24 | [ 70. 24 ] who, from their wealth is a known right | ||
| 25 | [ 70. 25 ] for the impoverished nonrequester and the requester, | ||
| 26 | [ 70. 26 ] who confirm the Day of Reckoning | ||
| 27 | [ 70. 27 ] and go in fear of the punishment of their Lord, | ||
| 28 | [ 70. 28 ] for none is secure from the punishment of their Lord, | ||
| 29 | [ 70. 29 ] who guard their privates | ||
| 30 | [ 70. 30 ] except from their wives and what their right hands own, for these they are not blameworthy. | ||
| 31 | [ 70. 31 ] But whosoever seeks beyond that, they are the transgressors. | ||
| 32 | [ 70. 32 ] ( Those ) who keep their trusts and their covenant, | ||
| 33 | [ 70. 33 ] and standby their witnessing, | ||
| 34 | [ 70. 34 ] and who are constant in their prayers. | ||
| 35 | [ 70. 35 ] Those are highly honored in the Gardens. | ||
| 36 | [ 70. 36 ] But what is the matter with the unbelievers, that they strain their glances continuously towards them, | ||
| 37 | [ 70. 37 ] on the right and on the left in groups? | ||
| 38 | [ 70. 38 ] What, is every one of them eager to be admitted to the Garden of Bliss? | ||
| 39 | [ 70. 39 ] Not at all, for We have created them of what they know. | ||
| 40 | [ 70. 40 ] No, I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We have the ability | ||
| 41 | [ 70. 41 ] to exchange them with others better than they; nothing can outstrip Us! | ||
| 42 | [ 70. 42 ] So leave them alone to plunge and play, until they encounter the Day which they are promised; | ||
| 43 | [ 70. 43 ] the Day when they shall rush from their graves, as if they were hurrying to a raised flag, | ||
| 44 | [ 70. 44 ] their eyes are humbled and they are covered with humiliation. Such is the Day that they were promised. | ||