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Al-Ma'aarij

سُورَةُ المَعَارِجِ
44 Ayahs 8 Topics Meccan

Topics in this Surah

1
Some of the horrors of the Day of Judgment
Ayah 1 - 18
1
ﲞ ﲟ ﲠ ﲡ
EN
AN INQUIRER ASKED for the affliction that is to come
2
ﲣ ﲤ ﲥ ﲦ
EN
Upon the infidels -- which none would be able to repel --
3
ﲨ ﲩ ﲪ ﲫ
EN
From God, the Lord of the steps (of progression),
4
ﲭ ﲮ ﲯ ﲰ ﲱ ﲲ ﲳ ﲴ ﲵ ﲶ ﲷ
EN
To whom the angels and the soul take a day to ascend, whose length is fifty thousand years.
5
ﲹ ﲺ ﲻ
EN
So persevere with becoming patience.
6
ﲽ ﲾ ﲿ
EN
They surely take it to be far away,
7
ﳁ ﳂ
EN
But We see it very near.
8
ﳄ ﳅ ﳆ ﳇ
EN
The day the sky becomes like molten brass,
9
ﳉ ﳊ ﳋ
EN
The mountains like the tufts of (carded) wool,
10
ﳍ ﳎ ﳏ ﳐ
EN
And no friend inquires after friend
11
ﱁﱂ ﱃ ﱄ ﱅ ﱆ ﱇ ﱈ ﱉ ﱊ
EN
Though within sight of one another. The sinner would like to ransom himself from the torment of that Day by offering his sons,
12
ﱌ ﱍ
EN
His wife and his brother,
13
ﱏ ﱐ ﱑ
EN
And his family who had stood by him,
14
ﱓ ﱔ ﱕ ﱖ ﱗ ﱘ
EN
And all those who are on the earth, to save himself.
15
ﱚﱛ ﱜ ﱝ
EN
But never. It is pure white flame
16
ﱟ ﱠ
EN
That would skin the scalp.
17
ﱢ ﱣ ﱤ ﱥ
EN
It will summon whoever turns his back and flees,
18
ﱧ ﱨ
EN
Who amasses and then hoards.
2
Clarification of human nature
Ayah 19 - 21
19
ﱪ ﱫ ﱬ ﱭ ﱮ
EN
Surely man is greedy by nature.
20
ﱰ ﱱ ﱲ ﱳ
EN
If evil befalls him he is perturbed;
21
ﱵ ﱶ ﱷ ﱸ
EN
If good comes to him he holds back his hand,
3
Characteristics of believers and their reward
Ayah 22 - 35
22
ﱺ ﱻ
EN
Except those who closely follow (the Book of God),
23
ﱽ ﱾ ﱿ ﲀ ﲁ
EN
Who persevere in devotion,
24
ﲃ ﲄ ﲅ ﲆ ﲇ
EN
In whose wealth a due share is included
25
ﲉ ﲊ
EN
For the needy and those dispossessed,
26
ﲌ ﲍ ﲎ ﲏ
EN
And those who believe in the Day of Judgement,
27
ﲑ ﲒ ﲓ ﲔ ﲕ ﲖ
EN
And those who fear the punishment of their Lord, --
28
ﲘ ﲙ ﲚ ﲛ ﲜ
EN
Surely no one can be secure from the punishment of his Lord, --
29
ﲞ ﲟ ﲠ ﲡ
EN
And those who guard their sex except from their wives and women slaves of old
30
ﲣ ﲤ ﲥ ﲦ ﲧ ﲨ ﲩ ﲪ ﲫ ﲬ
EN
Are free of blame,
31
ﲮ ﲯ ﲰ ﲱ ﲲ ﲳ ﲴ
EN
But those who seek more than this will be transgressors;
32
ﲶ ﲷ ﲸ ﲹ ﲺ
EN
And those who fulfil their trusts and covenants,
33
ﲼ ﲽ ﲾ ﲿ
EN
Who uphold their testimonies,
34
ﳁ ﳂ ﳃ ﳄ ﳅ
EN
And those who are mindful of their moral obligations.
35
ﳇ ﳈ ﳉ ﳊ
EN
They will live in gardens with honour.
4
The disbelievers
Ayah 36 - 44
36
ﳌ ﳍ ﳎ ﳏ ﳐ
EN
What is the matter with unbelievers that they stare at you with fixed gazes and hasten towards you
37
ﳒ ﳓ ﳔ ﳕ ﳖ
EN
In crowds, right and left?
38
ﳘ ﳙ ﳚ ﳛ ﳜ ﳝ ﳞ ﳟ
EN
Does every one of them wish to enter the garden of tranquility?
39
ﳡﳢ ﳣ ﳤ ﳥ ﳦ
EN
Never so. We have created them from what they know.
40
ﳨ ﳩ ﳪ ﳫ ﳬ ﳭ ﳮ
EN
So I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly able
41
ﱁ ﱂ ﱃ ﱄ ﱅ ﱆ ﱇ ﱈ
EN
To bring better people than they in their place; and they will not be able to thwart Us.
42
ﱊ ﱋ ﱌ ﱍ ﱎ ﱏ ﱐ ﱑ
EN
So leave them to their vain disputes and amusement till they meet their day (of reckoning) promised them,
43
ﱓ ﱔ ﱕ ﱖ ﱗ ﱘ ﱙ ﱚ ﱛ
EN
The day when they will come out of their graves in all haste as though rushing to their altars,
44
ﱝ ﱞ ﱟ ﱠﱡ ﱢ ﱣ ﱤ ﱥ ﱦ
EN
Eyes lowered, shame attending. That is the day they have been promised!
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