المعارج

Al-Ma'aarij

The Ascending Stairways

Revelation

Meccan

Verses

44 verses

Ruku

2 ruku

Order of revelation

79th revealed

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ

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   A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall

2. 2

   لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ

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   Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

3. 3

   مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ

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   From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

4. 4

   تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ

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   (Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.

5. 5

   فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا

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   But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.

6. 6

   إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا

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   Lo! they behold it afar off

7. 7

   وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا

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   While we behold it nigh:

8. 8

   يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ

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   The day when the sky will become as molten copper,

9. 9

   وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ

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   And the hills become as flakes of wool,

10. 10

    وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا

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    And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend

11. 11

    يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ

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    Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children

12. 12

    وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

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    And his spouse and his brother

13. 13

    وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ

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    And his kin that harboured him

14. 14

    وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

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    And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.

15. 15

    كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

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    But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell

16. 16

    نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ

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    Eager to roast;

17. 17

    تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

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    It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),

18. 18

    وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ

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    And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.

19. 19

    إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

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    Lo! man was created anxious,

20. 20

    إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا

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    Fretful when evil befalleth him

21. 21

    وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

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    And, when good befalleth him, grudging;

22. 22

    إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

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    Save worshippers.

23. 23

    ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ

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    Who are constant at their worship

24. 24

    وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ

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    And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

25. 25

    لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ

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    For the beggar and the destitute;

26. 26

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

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    And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

27. 27

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ

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    And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -

28. 28

    إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ

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    Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -

29. 29

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ

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    And those who preserve their chastity

30. 30

    إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

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    Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;

31. 31

    فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ

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    But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;

32. 32

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ

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    And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,

33. 33

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ

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    And those who stand by their testimony

34. 34

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

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    And those who are attentive at their worship.

35. 35

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ

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    These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

36. 36

    فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ

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    What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open-eyed,

37. 37

    عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

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    On the right and on the left, in groups?

38. 38

    أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ

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    Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight?

39. 39

    كَلَّآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

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    Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.

40. 40

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ

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    But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the setting-places of the planets that We verily are Able

41. 41

    عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

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    To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.

42. 42

    فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

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    So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,

43. 43

    يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ

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    The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,

44. 44

    خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

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    With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.

About Surah Al-Maarij

Also written Maarij, Ma’arij

Surah Al-Maarij is the 70th surah of the Quran: a Makki surah of 44 verses in para 29.

It describes a Day whose length is fifty thousand years (70:4), says man was created anxious, fretful in hardship and withholding in good fortune (70:19–21), except those who pray and are constant in their prayer, give the needy their due and keep their trusts (70:22–35).

What is the meaning of Surah Al-Maarij?

Al-Maarij means “the Ascending Stairways”: it describes Allah as Lord of the ways of ascent, by which the angels and the Spirit ascend to Him (70:3–4).

How many verses are in Surah Al-Maarij?

Surah Al-Maarij has 44 verses (ayat) in 2 ruku.

Is Surah Al-Maarij Makki or Madani?

It is a Makki (Meccan) surah, revealed in Mecca before the Hijrah. It was the 79th surah to be revealed.

Which para is Surah Al-Maarij in?

It is in para (juz) 29 of the Quran.

Can I read Surah Al-Maarij with transliteration?

Yes. Open Display (the sliders icon above the verses) and turn on Transliteration to show the Arabic in Latin letters beneath each verse, or Word by word for the meaning of every word. The tafsir (commentary) of any verse opens from the book icon beside it.