Surah Al-Ma'arij MP3
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- Meccan
- 44 verses
- Juz 29
- Pages 568–570
- Revelation order 79
Also known as: Maarij, Al Ma'aarij
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by Mishary Rashid Alafasy
About Surah Al-Ma'arij
Al-Ma'arij, “The Ascending Stairways”, describes the angels and the Spirit ascending to Allah in a day whose length is fifty thousand years. It describes human nature as anxious – impatient in hardship and stingy in ease – except for those who pray.
The surah lists the qualities of those who will be honoured in gardens: constant in prayer, giving to the needy, believing in the Day of Judgement, guarding their chastity and keeping their trusts.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ ﴿١﴾
70:1 A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
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لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ ﴿٢﴾
70:2 To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
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مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ ﴿٣﴾
70:3 [It is] from Allāh, owner of the ways of ascent.
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تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ ﴿٤﴾
70:4 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 صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا ﴿٥﴾
70:5 So be patient with gracious patience.
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إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا ﴿٦﴾
70:6 Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
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وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا ﴿٧﴾
70:7 But We see it [as] near.
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يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ ﴿٨﴾
70:8 On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
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وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ﴿٩﴾
70:9 And the mountains will be like wool,
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وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا ﴿١٠﴾
70:10 And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
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يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ ﴿١١﴾
70:11 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 وَأَخِيهِ ﴿١٢﴾
70:12 And his wife and his brother
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وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ ﴿١٣﴾
70:13 And his nearest kindred who shelter him.
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وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ﴿١٤﴾
70:14 And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ ﴿١٥﴾
70:15 No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
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نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ ﴿١٦﴾
70:16 A remover of exteriors.
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تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ﴿١٧﴾
70:17 It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
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وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ ﴿١٨﴾
70:18 And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
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۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ﴿١٩﴾
70:19 Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
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إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا ﴿٢٠﴾
70:20 When evil touches him, impatient,
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وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا ﴿٢١﴾
70:21 And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
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إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ ﴿٢٢﴾
70:22 Except the observers of prayer -
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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾
70:23 Those who are constant in their prayer
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وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ ﴿٢٤﴾
70:24 And those within whose wealth is a known right
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لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ ﴿٢٥﴾
70:25 For the petitioner and the deprived -
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وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٢٦﴾
70:26 And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾
70:27 And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
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إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ ﴿٢٨﴾
70:28 Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾
70:29 And those who guard their private parts
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إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ ﴿٣٠﴾
70:30 Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
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فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ ﴿٣١﴾
70:31 But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾
70:32 And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive.
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾
70:33 And those who are in their testimonies upright
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾
70:34 And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾
70:35 They will be in gardens, honored.
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فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ ﴿٣٦﴾
70:36 So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muḥammad],
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عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ ﴿٣٧﴾
70:37 [To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
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أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ ﴿٣٨﴾
70:38 Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾
70:39 No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾
70:40 So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able
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عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ﴿٤١﴾
70:41 To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
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فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾
70:42 So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -
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يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾
70:43 The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.
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خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾
70:44 Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.
Arabic: Uthmani script (quran.com / Tanzil). English: Saheeh International.
FAQ
How many verses are in Surah Al-Ma'arij?
Surah Al-Ma'arij has 44 verses (ayat) and is the 70th surah of the Quran.
Is Surah Al-Ma'arij Meccan or Medinan?
Surah Al-Ma'arij is a Meccan surah. It is number 79 in the order of revelation.
Which juz is Surah Al-Ma'arij in?
Surah Al-Ma'arij is in juz 29, on pages 568–570 of the Madinah mushaf.
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