Al-Ma'arij

  1. Home
  2. Translation
  3. English: Abul Ala Maududi
Change Language
Change Surah
Change Recitation

English: Abul Ala Maududi

 Play All
# Translation Ayah
1 A beseecher besought the visitation of chastisement, سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
2 (a chastisement meant) for the unbelievers, one which none can avert; لِّلْكَافِرينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ
3 a chastisement from Allah, the Lord of the ascending steps, مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ
4 by which the angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in one Day the duration of which is fifty thousand years. تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
5 So, (O Prophet), persevere with gracious perseverance. فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
6 Verily they think that the chastisement is far off, إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا
7 while We think that it is near at hand. وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا
8 It shall befall on a Day whereon the sky will become like molten brass, يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاء كَالْمُهْلِ
9 and the mountains will become like dyed tufts of wool, وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ
10 and no bosom friend will enquire about any of his bosom friends وَلَا يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
11 although they shall be within sight of one another. The guilty one would fain ransom himself from the torment of that Day by offering his children, يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ
12 and his spouse and his brother, وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ
13 and his kinsfolk who had stood by him, وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِي تُؤْويهِ
14 and all persons of the earth, if only he could thus save himself. وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
15 By no means! It will be the fierce flame كَلَّا إِنَّهَا لَظَى
16 that will strip off the scalp. نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَى
17 It shall insistently summon him who turned his back and retreated, تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّى
18 and amassed wealth and covetously hoarded it. وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَى
19 Verily man is impatient by nature: إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
20 bewailing when evil befalls him, إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
21 and tight-fisted when good fortune visits him, وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
22 except those that pray, إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ
23 and are constant in their Prayer; الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ
24 and those in whose wealth there is a known right وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ
25 for those that ask and those that are dispossessed, لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ
26 those who firmly believe in the Day of Recompense, وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
27 and fear the chastisement of their Lord – وَالَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
28 surely the chastisement of their Lord is a thing none can feel secure from – إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
29 and those who guard their private parts, وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ
30 except in regard to their spouses and those whom their right hands possess, for in regard to them they are not reproachable, إِلَّا عَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
31 but any who seeks to go beyond that, it is indeed they who are the transgressors, فَمَنِ ابْتَغَى وَرَاء ذَلِكَ فَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ
32 and those who fulfil their trusts and their covenants, وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ
33 and those who are upright in their testimonies; وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَ
34 and who take due care of their Prayer: وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
35 all these shall live honourably in the Gardens. أُوْلَئِكَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ
36 But what is the matter with the unbelievers who are hurrying towards you فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
37 in crowds, both on the right and on the left? عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
38 Does everyone of them wish to enter the Garden of Bliss? أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ
39 By no means! They know that which We have created them from. كَلَّا إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
40 I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests that We have the power فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ إِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَ
41 to replace them by others who would be better than they; and We shall certainly not be overpowered. عَلَى أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
42 So leave them to engage in vain talk and to amuse themselves until they come face to face with the Day which they are promised, فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّى يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
43 the Day on which they will hastily come forth from their graves, as though they were hurrying on to the altars of their deities. يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَى نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ
44 Their eyes will be downcast and disgrace will overwhelm them. Such is the Day that they were promised. خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ
Next Surah Nuh
;