Al-Ma'arij

Sa ala saaa'ilum bi'azaa binw-waaqi'

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

Lilkaafireen laisa lahoo daafi'

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

Minal laahi zil ma'aarij

[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.

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.

Fasbir ssabran jameelaa

So be patient with gracious patience.

Inaahum yarawnahoo ba'eedaa

Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

Wa naraahu qareebaa

But We see it [as] near.

Yawma takoonus samaaa'u kalmuhl

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

Wa takoonul jibaalu kal'ihn

And the mountains will be like wool,

Wa laa yas'alu hameemun hameemaa

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,

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

Wa saahibatihee wa akheeh

And his wife and his brother

Wa faseelathil latee tu'weeh

And his nearest kindred who shelter him

Wa man fil ardi jamee'an summa yunjeeh

And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.

Kallaa innahaa lazaa

No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],

Nazzaa'atal lishshawaa

A remover of exteriors.

Tad'oo man adbara wa tawallaa

It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

W jama'a fa aw'aa

And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

Innal insaana khuliqa haloo'aa

Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

Izaa massahush sharru jazoo'aa

When evil touches him, impatient,

Wa izaa massahul khairu manoo'aa

And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

Illal musalleen

Except the observers of prayer -

Allazeena hum 'alaa Salaatihim daaa'imoon

Those who are constant in their prayer

Wallazeena feee amwaalihim haqqum ma'loom

And those within whose wealth is a known right

Lissaaa 'ili walmahroom

For the petitioner and the deprived -

Wallazeena yusaddiqoona bi yawmid Deen

And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

Wallazeena hum min 'azaabi Rabbihim mushfiqoon

And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -

Inna 'azaaba Rabbihim ghairu maamoon

Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -

Wallazeena hum lifuroo jihim haafizoon

And those who guard their private parts

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 -