سَأَلَ Asked سَآئِلٌۢ a questioner بِعَذَابٍۢ about a punishment وَاقِعٍۢ bound to happen ١
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
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70. Surah Al-Ma'arij
The Ascending Stairways · Makki · 44 Ayahs
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ To the disbelievers لَيْسَ not لَهُۥ of it دَافِعٌۭ any preventer ٢
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
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مِّنَ From ٱللَّهِ Allah ذِى Owner ٱلْمَعَارِجِ (of) the ways of ascent ٣
[It is] from Allāh, owner of the ways of ascent.
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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) ٤
The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
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فَٱصْبِرْ So be patient صَبْرًۭا a patience جَمِيلًا good ٥
So be patient with gracious patience.
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إِنَّهُمْ Indeed, they يَرَوْنَهُۥ see it بَعِيدًۭا (as) far off ٦
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
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وَنَرَىٰهُ But We see it قَرِيبًۭا near ٧
But We see it [as] near.
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يَوْمَ (The) Day تَكُونُ will be ٱلسَّمَآءُ the sky كَٱلْمُهْلِ like molten copper ٨
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
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وَتَكُونُ And will be ٱلْجِبَالُ the mountains كَٱلْعِهْنِ like wool ٩
And the mountains will be like wool,
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وَلَا And not يَسْـَٔلُ will ask حَمِيمٌ a friend حَمِيمًۭا (about) a friend ١٠
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
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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 ١١
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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وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ And his spouse وَأَخِيهِ and his brother ١٢
And his wife and his brother
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وَفَصِيلَتِهِ And his nearest kindred ٱلَّتِى who تُـْٔوِيهِ sheltered him ١٣
And his nearest kindred who shelter him.
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وَمَن And whoever فِى (is) on ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth جَمِيعًۭا all ثُمَّ then يُنجِيهِ it (could) save him ١٤
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
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كَلَّآ ۖ By no means إِنَّهَا Indeed, it (is) لَظَىٰ surely a Flame of Hell ١٥
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
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نَزَّاعَةًۭ A remover لِّلشَّوَىٰ of the skin of the head ١٦
A remover of exteriors.
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تَدْعُوا۟ Inviting مَنْ (him) who أَدْبَرَ turned his back وَتَوَلَّىٰ and went away ١٧
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
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وَجَمَعَ And collected فَأَوْعَىٰٓ and hoarded ١٨
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
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۞ إِنَّ Indeed ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ the man خُلِقَ was created هَلُوعًا anxious ١٩
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
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إِذَا When مَسَّهُ touches him ٱلشَّرُّ the evil جَزُوعًۭا distressed ٢٠
When evil touches him, impatient,
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