70. Al-Ma'aarij سُورَةُ المَعَارِجِ

Yusuf AliA questioner asked about a Penalty to befall

Saheeh InternationalA supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

Yusuf AliThe Unbelievers, the which there is none to ward off

Saheeh InternationalTo the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer

Yusuf Ali(A Penalty) from God, Lord of the Ways of Ascent

Saheeh International[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent

Yusuf AliThe angels and the spirit ascend unto him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years

Saheeh InternationalThe angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years

Yusuf AliTherefore do thou hold Patience,- a Patience of beautiful (contentment)

Saheeh InternationalSo be patient with gracious patience

Yusuf AliThey see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event)

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, they see it [as] distant

Yusuf AliBut We see it (quite) near

Saheeh InternationalBut We see it [as] near

Yusuf AliThe Day that the sky will be like molten brass

Saheeh InternationalOn the Day the sky will be like murky oil

Yusuf AliAnd the mountains will be like wool

Saheeh InternationalAnd the mountains will be like wool

Yusuf AliAnd no friend will ask after a friend

Saheeh InternationalAnd no friend will ask [anything of] a friend

Yusuf AliThough they will be put in sight of each other,- the sinner's desire will be: Would that he could redeem himself from the Penalty of that Day by (sacrificing) his children

Saheeh InternationalThey will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

Yusuf AliHis wife and his brother

Saheeh InternationalAnd his wife and his brother

Yusuf AliHis kindred who sheltered him

Saheeh InternationalAnd his nearest kindred who shelter him

Yusuf AliAnd all, all that is on earth,- so it could deliver him

Saheeh InternationalAnd whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him

Yusuf AliBy no means! for it would be the Fire of Hell

Saheeh InternationalNo! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell]

Yusuf AliPlucking out (his being) right to the skull

Saheeh InternationalA remover of exteriors

Yusuf AliInviting (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from the Right)

Saheeh InternationalIt invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

Yusuf AliAnd collect (wealth) and hide it (from use)

Saheeh InternationalAnd collected [wealth] and hoarded

Yusuf AliTruly man was created very impatient

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, mankind was created anxious

Yusuf AliFretful when evil touches him

Saheeh InternationalWhen evil touches him, impatient

Yusuf AliAnd niggardly when good reaches him

Saheeh InternationalAnd when good touches him, withholding [of it]

Yusuf AliNot so those devoted to Prayer

Saheeh InternationalExcept the observers of prayer

Yusuf AliThose who remain steadfast to their prayer

Saheeh InternationalThose who are constant in their prayer

Yusuf AliAnd those in whose wealth is a recognised right

Saheeh InternationalAnd those within whose wealth is a known right

Yusuf AliFor the (needy) who asks and him who is prevented (for some reason from asking)

Saheeh InternationalFor the petitioner and the deprived

Yusuf AliAnd those who hold to the truth of the Day of Judgment

Saheeh InternationalAnd those who believe in the Day of Recompense

Yusuf AliAnd those who fear the displeasure of their Lord

Saheeh InternationalAnd those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord

Yusuf AliFor their Lord's displeasure is the opposite of Peace and Tranquillity

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe

Yusuf AliAnd those who guard their chastity

Saheeh InternationalAnd those who guard their private parts

Yusuf AliExcept with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hands possess,- for (then) they are not to be blamed

Saheeh InternationalExcept from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed

Yusuf AliBut those who trespass beyond this are transgressors

Saheeh InternationalBut whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors

Yusuf AliAnd those who respect their trusts and covenants

Saheeh InternationalAnd those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

Yusuf AliAnd those who stand firm in their testimonies

Saheeh InternationalAnd those who are in their testimonies upright

Yusuf AliAnd those who guard (the sacredness) of their worship

Saheeh InternationalAnd those who [carefully] maintain their prayer

Yusuf AliSuch will be the honoured ones in the Gardens (of Bliss)

Saheeh InternationalThey will be in gardens, honored

Yusuf AliNow what is the matter with the Unbelievers that they rush madly before thee

Saheeh InternationalSo what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad]

Yusuf AliFrom the right and from the left, in crowds

Saheeh International[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups

Yusuf AliDoes every man of them long to enter the Garden of Bliss

Saheeh InternationalDoes every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure

Yusuf AliBy no means! For We have created them out of the (base matter) they know

Saheeh InternationalNo! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know

Yusuf AliNow I do call to witness the Lord of all points in the East and the West that We can certainly

Saheeh InternationalSo I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

Yusuf AliSubstitute for them better (men) than they; And We are not to be defeated (in Our Plan)

Saheeh InternationalTo replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone

Yusuf AliSo leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they encounter that Day of theirs which they have been promised

Saheeh InternationalSo leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised

Yusuf AliThe Day whereon they will issue from their sepulchres in sudden haste as if they were rushing to a goal-post (fixed for them)

Saheeh InternationalThe Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening

Yusuf AliTheir eyes lowered in dejection,- ignominy covering them (all over)! such is the Day the which they are promised

Saheeh InternationalTheir eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised