70:1
سَأَلَ
sa-ala
Asked
سَآئِلُۢ
sailun
a questioner
بِعَذَابٖ
bi'adhabin
about a punishment
وَاقِعٖ
waqi'in
bound to happen
١
A man [mockingly] demanded the punishment
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Al-Ma'arij 70:1
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70:2
لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
lil'kafirina
To the disbelievers
لَيۡسَ
laysa
not
لَهُۥ
lahu
of it
دَافِعٞ
dafi'un
any preventer
٢
It will fall on the disbelievers––none can deflect it––
Translation 1260
70:3
مِّنَ
mina
From
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
ذِي
dhi
Owner
ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ
al-ma'ariji
(of) the ways of ascent
٣
from God, the Lord of the Ways of Ascent
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70:4
تَعۡرُجُ
ta'ruju
Ascend
ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ
al-malaikatu
the Angels
وَٱلرُّوحُ
wal-ruhu
and the Spirit
إِلَيۡهِ
ilayhi
to Him
فِي
fi
in
يَوۡمٖ
yawmin
a Day
كَانَ
kana
[is]
مِقۡدَارُهُۥ
miq'daruhu
its measure
خَمۡسِينَ
khamsina
(is) fifty
أَلۡفَ
alfa
thousand
سَنَةٖ
sanatin
year(s)
٤
by which the angels and the Spirit ascend to Him, on a Day whose length is fifty thousand years
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70:5
فَٱصۡبِرۡ
fa-is'bir
So be patient
صَبۡرٗا
sabran
a patience
جَمِيلًا
jamilan
good
٥
So be patient, [Prophet], as befits you
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70:6
إِنَّهُمۡ
innahum
Indeed they
يَرَوۡنَهُۥ
yarawnahu
see it
بَعِيدٗا
ba'idan
(as) far off
٦
The disbelievers think it is distant
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70:7
وَنَرَىٰهُ
wanarahu
But We see it
قَرِيبٗا
qariban
near
٧
but We know it to be close
Translation 1260
70:8
يَوۡمَ
yawma
(The) Day
تَكُونُ
takunu
will be
ٱلسَّمَآءُ
al-samau
the sky
كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ
kal-muh'li
like molten copper
٨
On a Day when the heavens will be like molten brass
Translation 1260
70:9
وَتَكُونُ
watakunu
And will be
ٱلۡجِبَالُ
al-jibalu
the mountains
كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ
kal-'ih'ni
like wool
٩
and the mountains like tufts of wool
Translation 1260
70:10
وَلَا
wala
And not
يَسۡـَٔلُ
yasalu
will ask
حَمِيمٌ
hamimun
a friend
حَمِيمٗا
hamiman
(about) a friend
١٠
when no friend will ask about his friend
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70:11
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ
yubassarunahum
They will be made to see each other
يَوَدُّ
yawaddu
Would wish
ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ
al-muj'rimu
the criminal
لَوۡ
law
if
يَفۡتَدِي
yaftadi
he (could be) ransomed
مِنۡ
min
from
عَذَابِ
adhabi
(the) punishment
يَوۡمِئِذِۭ
yawmi-idhin
(of) that Day
بِبَنِيهِ
bibanihi
by his children
١١
even when they are within sight of one another. The guilty person will wish he could save himself from the suffering of that Day by sacrificing his sons
Translation 1260
70:12
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ
wasahibatihi
And his spouse
وَأَخِيهِ
wa-akhihi
and his brother
١٢
his spouse, his brother
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70:13
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ
wafasilatihi
And his nearest kindred
ٱلَّتِي
allati
who
تُـٔۡوِيهِ
tu'wihi
sheltered him
١٣
the kinsfolk who gave him shelter
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70:14
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
فِي
fi
(is) on
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
al-ardi
the earth
جَمِيعٗا
jami'an
all
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يُنجِيهِ
yunjihi
it (could) save him
١٤
and everyone on earth, if it could save him
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70:15
كـَلَّآۖ
kalla
By no means
إِنَّهَا
innaha
Indeed it (is)
لَظَىٰ
laza
surely a Flame of Hell
١٥
But no! There is a raging flame
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70:16
نَزَّاعَةٗ
nazza'atan
A remover
لِّلشَّوَىٰ
lilshawa
of the skin of the head
١٦
that strips away the skin
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70:17
تَدۡعُواْ
tad'u
Inviting
مَنۡ
man
(him) who
أَدۡبَرَ
adbara
turned his back
وَتَوَلَّىٰ
watawalla
and went away
١٧
and it will claim everyone who rejects the truth, turns away
Translation 1260
70:18
وَجَمَعَ
wajama'a
And collected
فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ
fa-aw'a
and hoarded
١٨
amasses wealth and hoards it
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70:19
۞إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ
al-insana
the man
خُلِقَ
khuliqa
was created
هَلُوعًا
halu'an
anxious
١٩
Man was truly created anxious
Translation 1260
70:20
إِذَا
idha
When
مَسَّهُ
massahu
touches him
ٱلشَّرُّ
al-sharu
the evil
جَزُوعٗا
jazu'an
distressed
٢٠
he is fretful when misfortune touches him
Translation 1260
70:21
وَإِذَا
wa-idha
And when
مَسَّهُ
massahu
touches him
ٱلۡخَيۡرُ
al-khayru
the good
مَنُوعًا
manu'an
withholding
٢١
but tight-fisted when good fortune comes his way
Translation 1260
70:22
إِلَّا
illa
Except
ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ
al-musalina
those who pray
٢٢
Not so those who pray
Translation 1260
70:23
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhina
Those who
هُمۡ
hum
[they]
عَلَىٰ
ala
at
صَلَاتِهِمۡ
salatihim
their prayer
دَآئِمُونَ
daimuna
(are) constant
٢٣
and are constant in their prayers
Translation 1260
70:24
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhina
And those who
فِيٓ
fi
in
أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ
amwalihim
their wealth
حَقّٞ
haqqun
(is) a right
مَّعۡلُومٞ
ma'lumun
known
٢٤
who give a due share of their wealth
Translation 1260
70:25
لِّلسَّآئِلِ
lilssaili
For the one who asks
وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ
wal-mahrumi
and the deprived
٢٥
to beggars and the deprived
Translation 1260