Surah Al-Ma'aarij

سَأَلَسَآئِلٌۢبِعَذَابٍۢوَاقِعٍۢ

ONE who is minded to ask might ask about the suffering which [in the hereafter] is bound to befall

لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَلَيْسَلَهُۥدَافِعٌۭ

those who deny the truth. [Know, then, that] nothing can ward it off,

مِّنَٱللَّهِذِىٱلْمَعَارِجِ

[since it will come] from God, unto whom there are many ways of ascent:

تَعْرُجُٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُوَٱلرُّوحُإِلَيْهِفِىيَوْمٍۢكَانَمِقْدَارُهُۥخَمْسِينَأَلْفَسَنَةٍۢ

all the angels and all the inspiration [ever granted to man] ascend unto Him [daily,] in a day the length whereof is [like] fifty thousand years…

فَٱصْبِرْصَبْرًۭاجَمِيلًا

Therefore, [O believer,] endure all adversity with goodly patience:

إِنَّهُمْيَرَوْنَهُۥبَعِيدًۭا

behold, men look upon that [reckoning] as something far away –

وَنَرَىٰهُقَرِيبًۭا

but, We see it as near!

يَوْمَتَكُونُٱلسَّمَآءُكَٱلْمُهْلِ

[It will take place] on a Day when the sky will be like molten lead,

وَتَكُونُٱلْجِبَالُكَٱلْعِهْنِ

and the mountains will be like tufts of wool,

وَلَايَسْـَٔلُحَمِيمٌحَمِيمًۭا

and [when] no friend will ask about his friend,

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْيَوَدُّٱلْمُجْرِمُلَوْيَفْتَدِىمِنْعَذَابِيَوْمِئِذٍۭبِبَنِيهِ

though they may be in one another's sight: [for,] everyone who was lost in sin will on that Day but desire to ransom himself from suffering at the price of his own children,

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦوَأَخِيهِ

and of his spouse, and of his brother,

وَفَصِيلَتِهِٱلَّتِىتُـْٔوِيهِ

and of all the kinsfolk who ever sheltered him,

وَمَنفِىٱلْأَرْضِجَمِيعًۭاثُمَّيُنجِيهِ

and of whoever [else] lives on earth, all of them - so that he could but save himself.

كَلَّآإِنَّهَالَظَىٰ

But nay! Verily, all [that awaits him] is a raging flame,

نَزَّاعَةًۭلِّلشَّوَىٰ

tearing away his skin!

تَدْعُوا۟مَنْأَدْبَرَوَتَوَلَّىٰ

It will claim all such as turn their backs [on what is right], and turn away [from the truth],

وَجَمَعَفَأَوْعَىٰٓ

and amass [wealth] and thereupon withhold [it from their fellow-men].

إِنَّٱلْإِنسَٰنَخُلِقَهَلُوعًا

VERILY, man is born with a restless disposition.

إِذَامَسَّهُٱلشَّرُّجَزُوعًۭا

[As a rule,] whenever misfortune touches him, he is filled with self-pity;